Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एवं मातृगणाशीर्भिर्योगिनीभिः क्षणेन हि । प्रापितो मातृवाक्येन पंचमुद्रांकितं पुनः

Transliteration

evaṃ mātṛgaṇāśīrbhiryoginībhiḥ kṣaṇena hi | prāpito mātṛvākyena paṃcamudrāṃkitaṃ punaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ മാതൃഗണത്തിന്റെ ആശീർവാദങ്ങളാലും യോഗിനികളുടെ ശക്തിയാലും—ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ—മാതൃവാക്യത്താൽ അവൻ വീണ്ടും പഞ്ചമുദ്രാങ്കിത സ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് എത്തിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Discourse connector (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus’)

• मातृगणाशीर्भिः: by the blessings of the group of Mothers
• मातृगणाशीर्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-गण-आशीस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करणार्थ (instrumental: ‘by/with’); समासः (मातॄणां गणः; तस्य आशीः)

• योगिनीभिः: by the Yoginīs
• योगिनीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; काल-करण (instrumental of time: ‘in a moment’)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• प्रापितः: was made to reach/was brought
• प्रापितः: Karta (Grammatical subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृस्थानी (one who was caused to reach)

• मातृवाक्येन: by the Mother’s word/command
• मातृवाक्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणार्थ; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘मातुः वाक्यम्’)

• पञ्चमुद्राङ्कितम्: marked with the Pañcamudrā (sign)
• पञ्चमुद्राङ्कितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चमुद्रा-अङ्कित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (अङ्क्/अङ्कय् धातु-सम्भव; क्त-प्रत्ययार्थ ‘marked’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object complement)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: ‘again’)

Speaker

Skanda (narration to Agastya, inferred from Kāśī Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcamudrā-aṅkita pīṭha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit in the excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of fierce-yet-benevolent Mothers and Yoginīs, garlanded and radiant, gesture a command; in an instant the devotee is borne back to a shrine-stone or seat bearing Pañcamudrā’s emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛgaṇa
• Yoginīs
• Pañcamudrā (pīṭha/mark)
• the child

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine powers bless and command, obstacles dissolve swiftly—grace can move a seeker toward the right sacred locus instantly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pañcamudrā-marked pīṭha in Kāśī, presented as a destination guided by Mātṛs and Yoginīs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a detailed rite; the emphasis is on obeying sacred instruction and reaching the Pañcamudrā locus for pīṭha-sevā.