Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मि रौद्रि च कौमारि कात्यायनि नमोऽस्तु ते । प्रचण्डे भैरवे रौद्रि योगिन्याकाशगामिनि

Transliteration

brāhmi raudri ca kaumāri kātyāyani namo'stu te | pracaṇḍe bhairave raudri yoginyākāśagāmini

Translation

ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മീ, ഹേ രൗദ്രീ, ഹേ കൗമാരീ, ഹേ കാത്യായനീ—നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം. ഹേ പ്രചണ്ഡേ, ഹേ ഭൈരവീ, ഹേ രൗദ്രീ—ആകാശഗാമിനിയായ യോഗിനീ!

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मि: O Brāhmī
• ब्राह्मि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; देवी-नाम (vocative feminine singular)

• रौद्रि: O Raudrī
• रौद्रि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौद्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; देवी-नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कौमारि: O Kaumārī
• कौमारि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; देवी-नाम

• कात्यायनि: O Kātyāyanī
• कात्यायनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कात्यायनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; देवी-नाम

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (used as salutation)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गसदृश), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6) / चतुर्थी (4) एकवचन-रूप; अत्र चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान) ‘तुभ्यम्’ अर्थे

• प्रचण्डे: O fierce one
• प्रचण्डे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोग

• भैरवे: O Bhairavī
• भैरवे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; देवी-नाम

• रौद्रि: O Raudrī
• रौद्रि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौद्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-सम्बोधन

• योगिनि: O Yoginī
• योगिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• आकाशगामिनि: O sky-traveller
• आकाशगामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश + गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आकाशे गामिनी)

Speaker

Narrator (quoting the king’s stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting (chapter-context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king-devotee stands with folded hands, chanting a litany of Devī’s fierce and maternal names; the Goddess appears as an aerial Yoginī—radiant yet terrifying—surrounded by mātr̥kā energies and a halo of storm-cloud light.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmī
• Raudrī
• Kaumārī
• Kātyāyanī
• Bhairavī
• Yoginī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The One Goddess is praised through many divine forms; invoking her aspects expresses both reverence and recognition of her all-pervading power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a form-focused hymn within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative; it does not directly praise a named tirtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (formal praise) through recitation of the Goddess’s names and epithets as part of worship.