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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

तत्र त्रिभुवने याश्च संति देव्यः पृथग्विधाः । नारदेन समानीतास्ताश्चैक्यं सुमहात्मना

tatra tribhuvane yāśca saṃti devyaḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ | nāradena samānītāstāścaikyaṃ sumahātmanā

Là, les innombrables formes des Déesses répandues dans les trois mondes furent rassemblées par Nārada, et, par une puissance à l’âme immense, elles s’unirent en une seule.

तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)
त्रिभुवनेin the three worlds
त्रिभुवने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative singular)
याःwho/which (fem. pl.)
याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (relative pronoun)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
सन्तिare/exist
सन्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
देव्यःgoddesses
देव्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
पृथग्विधाःof different kinds
पृथग्विधाः:
Visheshana (Adjectival)
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथक् + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying देव्यः)
नारदेनby Narada
नारदेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental singular)
समानीताःbrought/assembled
समानीताः:
Karma (Object affected/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + आ + नी (धातु) → समानीत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देव्यः)
ताःthose (fem. pl.)
ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (demonstrative pronoun)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
ऐक्यम्unity
ऐक्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऐक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)
सुमहात्मनाby the very great-souled one
सुमहात्मना:
Karana (Agent/instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसु + महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

Unspecified (continuation of Sūta’s narration; content about Guptakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Scene: Nārada, veena-bearing sage, stands at a radiant kṣetra as multiple Devī-forms—armed, benign, fierce, maternal—stream in from the three worlds and dissolve into a single resplendent Mahādevī aura.

D
Devyaḥ (Goddesses)
N
Nārada
T
Tribhuvana (three worlds)

FAQs

Though worshipped in many forms, Devī is ultimately one—her unity is revealed in sacred places and Purāṇic revelation.

The context continues the praise of Guptakṣetra as a gathering-point of Devī’s forms.

No direct ritual is stated; it provides theological and sthala context for Devī worship at the site.