Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रो देवरातस्तृतीयौदल एव च । देवी चवाई चैवात्र रक्षारूपा व्यवस्थिता

Transliteration

viśvāmitro devarātastṛtīyaudala eva ca | devī cavāī caivātra rakṣārūpā vyavasthitā

Translation

Viśvāmitra, Devarāta und als Dritter Udala—diese werden genannt; und auch hier ist die Göttin Cavāī als schützende Macht in ihrer Gestalt fest eingesetzt.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Singular)

• देवरातः: Devarāta
• देवरातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तृतीयौदलः: Tṛtīyaudala (a named person)
• तृतीयौदलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक) + औदल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (descriptive proper name)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

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

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

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

• वाई: Vāī (a named goddess/figure)
• वाई: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाई (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• रक्षारूपा: in the form of protection
• रक्षारूपा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'in the form of protection')

• व्यवस्थिता: is stationed/established
• व्यवस्थिता: Karma (Predicate participle; state of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + वि + अव + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘स्थित/नियोजिता’

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest shrine: the Goddess Cavāī stands as a protective form (rakṣā-rūpā), flanked by sage-figures representing Viśvāmitra, Devarāta, and Udala; offerings and a small lamp burn before her.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Devarāta
• Udala
• Devī Cavāī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places preserve both revered lineages and protective divine presences that safeguard dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is indicated as the site where these names and the protecting Devī are established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse identifies lineage figures and a protective goddess.