Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
धरणी धारणी वेला राज्ञी चापि च रोहिणी । इत्येताश्चान्यदेवानां मातरः पत्नयस्तथा
Transliteration
dharaṇī dhāraṇī velā rājñī cāpi ca rohiṇī | ityetāścānyadevānāṃ mātaraḥ patnayastathā
Translation
ധരണീ, ധാരണീ, വേലാ, രാജ്ഞീ, രോഹിണീ—ഇവരും മറ്റു ദേവന്മാരുടെ മാതാക്കളായും പത്നികളായും ഉള്ള ദേവിമാരും അവിടെ സന്നിഹിതരായിരുന്നു।
Word by Word
धरणीDharaṇī (Earth-goddess/name)
धरणी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
धारणीDhāraṇī (supporter/name)
धारणी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधारणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
वेलाVelā (shore/limit; name)
वेला:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवेला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
राज्ञीqueen (name/title)
राज्ञी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)
चand
च:
Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
रोहिणीRohiṇī (name)
रोहिणी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
एताःthese (f.)
एताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
अन्यदेवानाम्of other gods
अन्यदेवानाम्:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अन्याः देवाः येषां ते = other gods)
मातरःmothers
मातरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
पत्नयःwives
पत्नयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A ceremonial pavilion where divine women—named and unnamed—arrive as mothers and consorts of various gods, bearing auspicious gifts and ornaments, forming a radiant feminine procession.
Characters & Entities
D
DharaṇīD
DhāraṇīV
VelāR
RājñīR
RohiṇīD
Devas (other gods)FAQs
Purāṇic dharma honors the sustaining feminine powers—earth, stability, and auspicious lineage—integral to cosmic harmony.
No specific sacred geography is stated in this verse.
None.