Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

शाकिनी डाकिनी चैव भूतप्रमथगुह्यकाः । तथैव योगिनीचक्रं चतुः षष्ट्या समन्वितम्

Transliteration

śākinī ḍākinī caiva bhūtapramathaguhyakāḥ | tathaiva yoginīcakraṃ catuḥ ṣaṣṭyā samanvitam

Translation

കൂടാതെ ശാകിനികളും ഡാകിനികളും, ഭൂത-പ്രമഥ-ഗുഹ്യകരും; അതുപോലെ അറുപത്തിനാലു യോഗിനികളാൽ സമന്വിതമായ യോഗിനീചക്രവും വന്നു।

Word by Word

• शाकिनी: Śākinī
• शाकिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• डाकिनी: Ḍākinī
• डाकिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डाकिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• भूतप्रमथगुह्यकाः: Bhūtas, Pramathas, and Guhyakas
• भूतप्रमथगुह्यकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + प्रमथ + गुह्यक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समुच्चय-द्वन्द्वः (भूताः च प्रमथाः च गुह्यकाः च)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Anvaya (अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/connector)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• योगिनीचक्रम्: circle/group of Yoginīs
• योगिनीचक्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी + चक्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (योगिनीनां चक्रम्)

• चतुःषष्ट्या: with sixty-four
• चतुःषष्ट्या: Karana/Parimana (Measure/करण-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुःषष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-द्विगु (चतुः + षष्टिः = 64)

• समन्वितम्: endowed/combined
• समन्वितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘युक्तम्/समेतम्’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/seekers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shadowed yet sacred assembly: śākinīs, ḍākinīs, bhūtas, pramathas, guhyakas, and a complete 64-yoginī circle forming a mandala-like retinue around the impending action.

Characters & Entities

• Śākinī
• Ḍākinī
• Bhūta
• Pramatha
• Guhyaka
• Yoginī
• Catuḥṣaṣṭi-yoginī (64 Yoginīs)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma portrays the cosmos as filled with visible and subtle beings; divine order is maintained through vast attendant hosts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra narrative environment, but does not name a specific sub-tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive enumeration of attendant beings and the 64 Yoginīs.