Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

उलूकिका शिवारावा मयूरी विकटानना । अष्टवक्त्रा कोटराक्षी कुब्जा विकटलोचना

Transliteration

ulūkikā śivārāvā mayūrī vikaṭānanā | aṣṭavaktrā koṭarākṣī kubjā vikaṭalocanā

Translation

Ulūkikā, Śivārāvā, Mayūrī, Vikaṭānanā; Aṣṭavaktrā, Koṭarākṣī, Kubjā, and Vikaṭalocanā—(these too are) the Yoginīs’ names.

Word by Word

• उलूकिका: Ulūkikā
• उलूकिका: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूकिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); नाम

• शिव-आरावा: she whose cry is ‘śiva’ / auspicious-crying
• शिव-आरावा: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + आराव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (‘शिव-आरावो यस्याः सा’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मयूरी: peahen-formed / Mayūrī
• मयूरी: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• विकट-आनना: hideous-faced
• विकट-आनना: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकट (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (‘विकट-आननं यस्याः सा’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अष्ट-वक्त्रा: eight-faced
• अष्ट-वक्त्रा: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (‘अष्ट-वक्त्राणि यस्याः सा’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कोटर-अक्षी: hollow-eyed
• कोटर-अक्षी: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटर (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (‘कोटर-अक्षिणी यस्याः सा’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कुब्जा: hunchbacked one / Kubjā
• कुब्जा: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुब्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); नाम/विशेषणवत्

• विकट-लोचना: hideous-eyed
• विकट-लोचना: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकट (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (‘विकट-लोचनानि यस्याः सा’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Further Yoginī names are chanted: owl-associated, ‘Śiva-roaring’, peacock-formed, grotesque-faced, eight-faced, hollow-eyed, hunchbacked, and wide/terrible-eyed forms—suggesting a ring of guardians.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tradition emphasizes remembrance of divine feminine powers through specific nāmas and forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī remains the implied sacred field where these Yoginī teachings are situated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vidhi here; the names function as the core material for nāma-śravaṇa/japa.