Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सापि क्षेमंकरीनाम ततः प्रभृति कीर्त्यते । कात्यायन्यपि या प्रोक्ता महिषासुरमर्दिनी

Transliteration

sāpi kṣemaṃkarīnāma tataḥ prabhṛti kīrtyate | kātyāyanyapi yā proktā mahiṣāsuramardinī

Translation

Dès lors, elle est aussi glorifiée sous le nom de Kṣemaṃkarī. Elle est également proclamée Kātyāyanī, celle qui terrassa l’asura Mahiṣāsura.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also)

• क्षेमंकरीनाम: (having the) name ‘Kṣemaṃkarī’
• क्षेमंकरीनाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेमंकरी-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; क्षेमंकरी + नामन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘नाम’ = name; समासः—तत्पुरुष (क्षेमंकरी इति नाम)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (from then/thereafter)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (since/from)

• कीर्त्यते: is celebrated/is called
• कीर्त्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (is praised/called)

• कात्यायनी: Kātyāyanī
• कात्यायनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कात्यायनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; देवी-नाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also)

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• प्रोक्ता: is declared/called
• प्रोक्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + प्र-उपसर्ग
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘said/declared’

• महिषासुरमर्दिनी: slayer of Mahiṣāsura
• महिषासुरमर्दिनी: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिषासुरमर्दिनी (प्रातिपदिक; महिषासुर + मर्दिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महिषासुरस्य मर्दिनी)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣemaṃkarī (Kātyāyanī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī is praised with two names: Kṣemaṃkarī and Kātyāyanī; a vision of Mahiṣāsuramardinī—lion mount, demon subdued—overlays the calm temple icon, showing her protective power.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣemaṃkarī
• Kātyāyanī
• Mahiṣāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Devī’s many names reveal her many functions—here, both protection (kṣema) and the destruction of adharma (slaying Mahiṣāsura).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-centered māhātmya where the Devī is praised as Kṣemaṃkarī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; the verse primarily establishes the Devī’s epithets for praise and remembrance.