Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

त्वं गौरी त्वं च सावित्री त्वं गायत्री सरस्वती । प्रकृतिस्त्वं मतिस्त्वं च त्वमहंकृतिरूपिणी

Transliteration

tvaṃ gaurī tvaṃ ca sāvitrī tvaṃ gāyatrī sarasvatī | prakṛtistvaṃ matistvaṃ ca tvamahaṃkṛtirūpiṇī

Translation

Tu es Gaurī ; Tu es Sāvitrī ; Tu es Gāyatrī et Sarasvatī. Tu es Prakṛti, Tu es Buddhi, et Tu es Ahaṅkāra, prenant justement ces formes.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana/Pratipādya (Addressed entity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे मध्यम-पुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative)

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Pratijñā/Viśeṣya-nāma (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana/Pratipādya
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति

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

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī
• सावित्री: Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana/Pratipādya
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī
• गायत्री: Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रकृतिः: Prakṛti (primordial nature)
• प्रकृतिः: Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana/Pratipādya
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति

• मतिः: intellect, understanding
• मतिः: Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana/Pratipādya
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana/Pratipādya
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा-विभक्ति

• अहंकृतिरूपिणी: one having the form of ahaṃkāra (ego-principle)
• अहंकृतिरूपिणी: Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंकृति + रूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अहंकृतेः रूपिणी = having the form of egoity)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers flowers and lamp to a radiant Devī who simultaneously bears the gentle forms of Gaurī, Sāvitrī, Gāyatrī, and Sarasvatī; around her appear symbolic emblems of prakṛti (lotus of nature), buddhi (flame of discernment), and ahaṅkāra (a subtle ‘I’ glyph dissolving into light).

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Sāvitrī
• Gāyatrī
• Sarasvatī
• Prakṛti
• Ahaṅkāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred powers—mantra (Gāyatrī), wisdom (Sarasvatī), and cosmic functions (Prakṛti, Buddhi, Ahaṅkāra)—are unified in the Devī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, where Devī is praised as the indwelling power of the sacred city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it functions as a theological praise (stuti) supporting devotion and remembrance.