Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

माण्डव्ये माण्डुकी नाम स्वाहा माहेश्वरे पुरे । छागलिङ्गे प्रचण्डा तु चण्डिकामरकण्टके

Transliteration

māṇḍavye māṇḍukī nāma svāhā māheśvare pure | chāgaliṅge pracaṇḍā tu caṇḍikāmarakaṇṭake

Translation

മാണ്ടവ്യത്തിൽ അവൾ ‘മാണ്ടുകീ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ, മാഹേശ്വരപുരത്തിൽ ‘സ്വാഹാ’; ഛാഗലിംഗത്തിൽ ‘പ്രചണ്ഡാ’യും അമരകണ്ഠകത്തിൽ ‘ചണ്ഡികാ’യുമായി ആരാധിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• माण्डव्ये: in Māṇḍavya (place)
• माण्डव्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• माण्डुकी: Māṇḍukī (name)
• माण्डुकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डुकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक (indeclinable ‘named/called’)

• स्वाहा: Svāhā (name)
• स्वाहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• माहेश्वरे: in Māheśvara (place)
• माहेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• छागलिङ्गे: at Chāgaliṅga (goat-liṅga shrine/place)
• छागलिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाग + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (छागस्य लिङ्गम्)

• प्रचण्डा: Pracaṇḍā (name)
• प्रचण्डा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचण्डा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle ‘but/indeed’)

• चण्डिकामरकण्टके: at Caṇḍikā-Amarakaṇṭaka (place)
• चण्डिकामरकण्टके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डिका + अमरकण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास-स्थाननाम (चण्डिकायाः अमरकण्टकः/चण्डिकामरकण्टकः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavya; Māheśvara; Chāga-liṅga; Amarakāṇṭaka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yātrika-sage recites a garland of Devi-names; behind him four vignettes: a hermitage at Māṇḍavya, the Narmadā-side city of Māheśvara, a rustic liṅga-shrine called Chāga-liṅga, and the forested heights of Amarakāṇṭaka where Caṇḍikā is adored.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya
• Māṇḍukī
• Māheśvara
• Svāhā
• Chāga-liṅga
• Pracaṇḍā
• Amarakāṇṭaka
• Caṇḍikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṣetras shape devotional approach: the same Devī is invoked as gentle or fierce according to the sanctity and function of each sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Māṇḍavya, Māheśvara, Chāga-liṅga, and Amarakāṇṭaka are enumerated as Devī-sthānas with established names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse is a catalog for remembrance and pilgrimage orientation.