Shloka 1

Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam

Sanskrit

देव्युवाच

एभिः स्तवैश्च मां नित्यं स्तोष्यते यः समाहितः ।

तस्याहं सकलां बाधां नाशयिष्याम्यसंशयम् ॥

Transliteration

devyuvāca

ebhiḥ stavaiś ca māṃ nityaṃ stoṣyate yaḥ samāhitaḥ |

tasyāhaṃ sakalāṃ bādhāṃ nāśayiṣyāmy asaṃśayam ||

Translation

女神说道：凡能摄心专注，恒常以这些赞颂偈赞我者；对那位奉献者，我必定无疑地摧灭一切苦患。

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• एभिः: by these
• एभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (m/n), तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• स्तवैः: hymns, praises
• स्तवैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine, per devī as referent), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• स्तोष्यते: will praise / will be praising
• स्तोष्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'will be praised')

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of 'yaḥ')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• सकलाम्: entire, all
• सकलाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of 'bādhām')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• बाधाम्: affliction, trouble
• बाधाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• नाशयिष्यामि: I will destroy
• नाशयिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्/नाशय् (धातु; णिच् causative of नश्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

Speakers

• Devī (speaking in the Devī Māhātmyam conclusion; within the Markandeya Purāṇa narrative frame)

Primary Deities

• Devī

Shakti Aspects

• Devī as the Supreme Goddess addressed through stuti; broadly Caṇḍikā/Durgā (phalaśruti voice)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Bhakti
• Phalaśruti
• Protection
• Removal of obstacles

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Steady, attentive devotion (samādhāna/samāhita-citta) is presented as transformative: the text links inner collectedness with outer protection, encouraging disciplined, regular worship rather than sporadic petition.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Dharmānuśāsana and phalaśruti within the broader Purāṇic teaching function; indirectly connected to Manvantara framing (Sāvarṇi) as part of the narrative setting of Devī Māhātmyam in the Markandeya Purāṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Bādhā’ can be read as both external adversity and internal impediments (vighna, kleśa). The promise signifies that sustained mantra-stuti with concentrated mind dissolves obstacles to dharma and spiritual clarity.