Shloka 8
सो<ब्रवीद् बाढमित्येवं भविष्यध्वं पृथग्विधा:,तब उदारबुद्धि स्कन्दने बार-बार कहा--“बहुत अच्छा, तुम सब लोग पृथक्-पृथक् पूजनीया माता मानी जाओगी। तुम्हारे दो भेद होंगे--शिवा और अशिवा।' तदनन्तर स्कन्दको अपना पुत्र मानकर मातृकाएँ वहाँसे विदा हो गयीं
so 'bravīd bāḍham ity evaṃ bhaviṣyadhvaṃ pṛthag-vidhāḥ | tava udāra-buddhiḥ skandam bāraṃ-bāraṃ uvāca—“bahu śobhanam; yūyaṃ sarve pṛthak-pṛthak pūjanīyā mātaraḥ manyadhve. yuvayoḥ dvau bhedau bhaviṣyataḥ—śivā ca aśivā ca.” | tad-anantaram skandam ātmanaḥ putram matvā mātṛkāḥ tataḥ vidāṃ cakruḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “So he replied, ‘Very well.’ ‘You shall each become distinct in form and function, and you will be regarded separately as venerable Mothers. You will have two broad divisions—auspicious and inauspicious.’ After this, accepting Skanda as their son, the Mothers departed from that place. The passage frames a moral ordering of divine powers: even fearsome forces are brought under a recognized, worship-worthy structure, distinguishing what protects from what harms.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes classification and moral discernment: powerful maternal divinities are acknowledged as worthy of reverence, yet their influences are ethically distinguished into auspicious (śivā) and inauspicious (aśivā), guiding devotees toward what protects and benefits.
A figure (in Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration) assents to the Mothers’ future status: they will be separately recognized and worshipped, divided into two types—auspicious and inauspicious. Then the Mātṛkās accept Skanda as their son and depart.