Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कुमारी चादिमाता च स्थानत्राणकरापि च । दैत्यघ्नी कामदा चैव महामोहविनाशिनी

Transliteration

kumārī cādimātā ca sthānatrāṇakarāpi ca | daityaghnī kāmadā caiva mahāmohavināśinī

Translation

അവൾ കുമാരിയും ആദിമാതാവും; പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്തെ കാക്കുന്ന രക്ഷകയും. ദൈത്യഘ്നി, ധർമ്മസമ്മത ആഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ നൽകുന്നവൾ, മഹാമോഹം നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൾ.

Word by Word

• कुमारी: the Virgin/maiden (goddess)
• कुमारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• आदि-माता: the primordial mother
• आदि-माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive: 'primordial mother')

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

• स्थान-त्राण-करा: protector of places
• स्थान-त्राण-करा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक) + त्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + करा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'protector of places')

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/addition)

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

• दैत्य-घ्नी: slayer of demons
• दैत्य-घ्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (object-determinative: 'slayer of demons')

• काम-दा: giver of desired boons
• काम-दा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ('giver of desires')

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle: emphasis 'indeed/just')

• महा-मोह-विनाशिनी: destroyer of great delusion
• महा-मोह-विनाशिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मोह (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ('destroyer of great delusion')

Speaker

Narrator within the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya context (traditional Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Kumārī-Devī stands at the threshold of a sacred forest-kṣetra, blessing devotees; subdued demons lie at the periphery, while a halo suggests moha being dispelled.

Characters & Entities

• Kumārī
• Ādimātā
• Śrīmātā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is both the inner remover of delusion and the outer guardian of sacred space—devotion aligns desire with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest/kshetra) is implied as the “sthāna” protected by the Goddess.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; it functions as a nāma-stuti (praise by epithets) for remembrance and recitation.