Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

ततो भगवती देवी स्वशरीरसमुद्भवाः । शक्तीरुत्पादयामास शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

tato bhagavatī devī svaśarīrasamudbhavāḥ | śaktīrutpādayāmāsa śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഭഗവതി ദേവി തന്റെ തന്നെ ശരീരത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച ശക്തികളെ—ആദ്യം നൂറുകളായി, പിന്നെ ആയിരങ്ങളായി—ഉദ്ഭവിപ്പിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• bhagavatī: the blessed/august
• bhagavatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine nominative singular adjective)

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपद (feminine nominative singular)

• sva-śarīra-samudbhavāḥ: born from her own body
• sva-śarīra-samudbhavāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देशार्थः: स्वशरीरात् समुद्भवाः (born from her own body)

• śaktīḥ: powers/energies
• śaktīḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्मपद (feminine accusative plural)

• utpādayāmāsa: produced/created
• utpādayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + √pad (पद्/पद्यते) causative √pād (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense (caused to arise/produced)

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable distributive adverb

• atha: and then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक) = indeclinable particle/conjunction

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable distributive adverb

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī stands radiant, and from her limbs and aura emerge innumerable Śaktis—each armed, luminous, and distinct—filling the sky around Kāśī like a living constellation.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Goddess)
• Śaktis (manifest powers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine protection is not limited; the Goddess can manifest limitless energies to restore dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework implies Kāśī’s sacred landscape, but the verse emphasizes the Goddess’s protective manifestation rather than a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.