Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
ततोऽतिकृपयाविष्टहरकंठस्य कालिमाम् । गृहीत्वा पार्वती चक्रे नारीमेकां महाभयाम्
Transliteration
tato'tikṛpayāviṣṭaharakaṃṭhasya kālimām | gṛhītvā pārvatī cakre nārīmekāṃ mahābhayām
Translation
その時、パールヴァティーは深い慈悲に動かされ、ハラ（シヴァ）の喉から黒い輝きを取り出し、それから一人の非常に恐ろしい女性を創り出した。
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formदेश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (thereupon/then)
अतिकृपयाwith great compassion
अतिकृपया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootati + kṛpā (प्रातिपदिके)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषभाव (अतिशयिता कृपा)
आविष्टहरकण्ठस्यof Hara’s throat (which was) possessed/overcome
आविष्टहरकण्ठस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootāviṣṭa + hara + kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—(आविष्टः) (हरकण्ठः) इति; षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः
कालिमाम्the blackness/dark hue
कालिमाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkālimā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गृहीत्वाhaving taken
गृहीत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
पार्वतीPārvatī
पार्वती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चक्रेmade / created
चक्रे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
नारीम्a woman
नारीम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnārī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
एकाम्one
एकाम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
महाभयाम्very terrifying
महाभयाम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā + bhayā (प्रातिपदिके)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महद् भयम् यस्याः/महाभया)
Speaker
Sūta
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: temple
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pārvatī, moved by intense compassion, draws the dark radiance from Śiva’s throat and shapes it into a single fearsome woman—an ugra Devī born of Nīlakaṇṭha’s darkness—ready to confront Dāruka.
Characters & Entities
P
PārvatīH
Hara (Śiva)K
Kālimā (darkness from the throat)K
Kālikā (implied)FAQs
Divine compassion can manifest as formidable power; the Goddess becomes terrifying to remove terror from the worlds.
No specific site is named; the verse focuses on the manifestation of the Goddess for cosmic protection.
None.