Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एवं मातृगणाशीर्भिर्योगिनीभिः क्षणेन हि । प्रापितो मातृवाक्येन पंचमुद्रांकितं पुनः

Transliteration

evaṃ mātṛgaṇāśīrbhiryoginībhiḥ kṣaṇena hi | prāpito mātṛvākyena paṃcamudrāṃkitaṃ punaḥ

Translation

So wurde er durch die Segnungen der Schar der Mütter (Mātṛs) und der Yoginīs—wahrlich in einem Augenblick—auf Geheiß der Mütter erneut an den von Pañcamudrā gezeichneten Ort gebracht.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Discourse connector (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus’)

• मातृगणाशीर्भिः: by the blessings of the group of Mothers
• मातृगणाशीर्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-गण-आशीस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करणार्थ (instrumental: ‘by/with’); समासः (मातॄणां गणः; तस्य आशीः)

• योगिनीभिः: by the Yoginīs
• योगिनीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; काल-करण (instrumental of time: ‘in a moment’)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• प्रापितः: was made to reach/was brought
• प्रापितः: Karta (Grammatical subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृस्थानी (one who was caused to reach)

• मातृवाक्येन: by the Mother’s word/command
• मातृवाक्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणार्थ; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘मातुः वाक्यम्’)

• पञ्चमुद्राङ्कितम्: marked with the Pañcamudrā (sign)
• पञ्चमुद्राङ्कितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चमुद्रा-अङ्कित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (अङ्क्/अङ्कय् धातु-सम्भव; क्त-प्रत्ययार्थ ‘marked’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object complement)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: ‘again’)

Speaker

Skanda (narration to Agastya, inferred from Kāśī Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcamudrā-aṅkita pīṭha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit in the excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of fierce-yet-benevolent Mothers and Yoginīs, garlanded and radiant, gesture a command; in an instant the devotee is borne back to a shrine-stone or seat bearing Pañcamudrā’s emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛgaṇa
• Yoginīs
• Pañcamudrā (pīṭha/mark)
• the child

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine powers bless and command, obstacles dissolve swiftly—grace can move a seeker toward the right sacred locus instantly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pañcamudrā-marked pīṭha in Kāśī, presented as a destination guided by Mātṛs and Yoginīs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a detailed rite; the emphasis is on obeying sacred instruction and reaching the Pañcamudrā locus for pīṭha-sevā.