Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

गोत्ररक्षां प्रकुरुते दृष्टा देवी सुपूजिता । प्रजां च पाति सततं पूज्यमाना न संशयः

Transliteration

gotrarakṣāṃ prakurute dṛṣṭā devī supūjitā | prajāṃ ca pāti satataṃ pūjyamānā na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

দেবীকে দর্শন করে যথাবিধি পূজা করলে তিনি গোত্রের রক্ষা করেন; আর পূজিতা হলে তিনি সদা সন্তানেরও রক্ষা করেন—এতে সন্দেহ নেই।

Word by Word

• gotrarakṣām: protection of the lineage/clan
• gotrarakṣām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक) + rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गोत्रस्य रक्षा)

• prakurute: brings about/does
• prakurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra- (उपसर्ग) + √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• dṛṣṭā: (when) seen
• dṛṣṭā: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; devī-विशेषण — ‘seen’

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• supūjitā: well-worshipped
• supūjitā: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- (उपसर्ग) + √pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; devī-विशेषण — ‘well worshipped’

• prajām: offspring/progeny
• prajām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction: ‘and’)

• pāti: protects
• pāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• satatam: always
• satatam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणवत् प्रयोग (adverb: ‘always/constantly’)

• pūjyamānā: being worshipped
• pūjyamānā: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; devī-विशेषण — ‘being worshipped’

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Pratijñā/Predicate nominal
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ इति नास्त्यर्थे प्रयोगः

Speaker

Markaṇḍeya (deduced; Revā Khaṇḍa narrative discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-tīrtha on Revā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī in sanctum receiving full pūjā; behind devotees, a stylized family tree/lineage motif is protected by a luminous aura; children stand safely near parents under Devī’s gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Gotra
• Prajā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional seeing (darśana) and proper worship (pūjā) are portrayed as sources of enduring familial and social protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the praise of a Devī-associated tīrtha within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of the Goddess and performing excellent worship (supūjā) as the means to receive protection.