Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
Devanagari script
एतस्मिन्नंतरे देव्यश्चतुर्दश समाययुः
Transliteration
etasminnaṃtare devyaścaturdaśa samāyayuḥ
Translation
À cet instant même, quatorze déesses arrivèrent ensemble.
Word by Word
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
अधिकरण (Locative/स्थान-काल)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणरूपेण
अन्तरेin the interval, meanwhile
अन्तरे:
अधिकरण (Locative/काल)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्
देव्यःgoddesses
देव्यः:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्
चतुर्दशfourteen
चतुर्दश:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक; चतुर्+दश)
Formसंख्यावाचकः; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी-प्रयोगः; देव्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
समाययुःarrived, came together
समाययुः:
क्रिया (Action of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-या (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A charged pause in the battlefield/royal assembly: the air ripples as fourteen radiant goddesses appear simultaneously, forming a semicircle around the central action, their ornaments and weapons flashing; onlookers freeze in astonishment.
Characters & Entities
D
Devyaḥ (Fourteen Goddesses)FAQs
In crises, divine help manifests—often through the many forms of Devī who protect and restore dharma.
No specific site is named in this verse.
None.