Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

ततो मातृगणाः केचिद्विनायकगणैः सह । व्यवर्धन्त महारौद्रा जगत्संहारकारिणः

Transliteration

tato mātṛgaṇāḥ kecidvināyakagaṇaiḥ saha | vyavardhanta mahāraudrā jagatsaṃhārakāriṇaḥ

Translation

Daraufhin wuchsen einige Scharen der Mütter (Mātṛ) zusammen mit den Scharen des Vināyaka mächtig heran — überaus furchterregend, die den Untergang der Welt bewirken.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• मातृगणाः: groups of Mothers (Mātṛs)
• मातृगणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम

• विनायकगणैः: with the troops of Vināyakas
• विनायकगणैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सह: with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक अव्यय (indeclinable: with)

• व्यवर्धन्त: grew; increased
• व्यवर्धन्त: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• महारौद्राः: very fierce
• महारौद्राः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• जगत्संहारकारिणः: causing the destruction of the world
• जगत्संहारकारिणः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + संहार (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced; exact speaker not in snippet]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hosts of the Mothers surge forth with Vināyaka’s hosts; their presence swells into a terrifying, world-ending ferocity—an apocalyptic crescendo around Devī’s campaign.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛgaṇas (Mātṛkās)
• Vināyaka
• Vināyaka-gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The same divine forces that protect can also dissolve—fierce forms appear when adharma must be cut down at the root.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is a mythic escalation within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.