Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

एते मातृगणाः प्राप्ता अष्टषष्टिप्रमाणकाः । एकैक गोत्रमुख्याश्च एकैकस्य प्रमाणतः

Transliteration

ete mātṛgaṇāḥ prāptā aṣṭaṣaṣṭipramāṇakāḥ | ekaika gotramukhyāśca ekaikasya pramāṇataḥ

Translation

«Estos grupos de las Madres (Mātṛ-gaṇa) han llegado, en número de sesenta y ocho; y asimismo está presente el jefe de cada gotra: uno por cada cual, según la debida medida.»

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• mātṛ-gaṇāḥ: groups of mothers
• mātṛ-gaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समास: मातॄणां गणाः (tatpuruṣa, genitive relation)

• prāptāḥ: have arrived
• prāptāḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘arrived/obtained’

• aṣṭa-ṣaṣṭi-pramāṇakāḥ: numbering sixty-eight
• aṣṭa-ṣaṣṭi-pramāṇakāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa + ṣaṣṭi + pramāṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास: अष्टषष्टिः प्रमाणं येषाम्

• ekaika: each, one-by-one
• ekaika: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekaika (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; ‘one by one/each single’; (समास: एकः + एकः)

• gotra-mukhyāḥ: chiefs of the gotras
• gotra-mukhyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra + mukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समास: गोत्रेषु मुख्याः

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• ekaikasya: of each
• ekaikasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekaika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of each (one)’

• pramāṇataḥ: according to the count
• pramāṇataḥ: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pramāṇa + tas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; अव्यय (adverb): ‘according to measure/number’

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice reporting attendance/organization)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred assembly where sixty-eight Mātṛ-groups are present, each paired with a corresponding gotra chief—an ordered, ceremonial gathering.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛ-gaṇas (Mothers)
• Gotra leaders

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma at a tīrtha is upheld through both divine energies (Mātṛs) and human social order (gotra leadership).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Audumbarī-associated tīrtha narrative, emphasizing the sacred assembly around its establishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it records the formal presence/registration of groups and leaders for sacred duty.