Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

वैराटी सामवेरी च षड्भार्याः पंचमे मताः । भैरवी गुर्जरी चैव भाषा वेलागुली तथा

Transliteration

vairāṭī sāmaverī ca ṣaḍbhāryāḥ paṃcame matāḥ | bhairavī gurjarī caiva bhāṣā velāgulī tathā

Translation

വൈരാട്ടീയും സാമവേരിയും—ഇവ പഞ്ചമഗണത്തിലെ ആറു ഭാര്യമാരായി കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; കൂടാതെ ഭൈരവീ, ഗുർജരീ, ഭാഷാ, വേലാഗുലീയും ഉണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• वैराटी: Vairāṭī
• वैराटी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराटी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• सामवेरी: Sāmaverī
• सामवेरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम (प्रातिपदिक) + वेरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; साम-वेरी इति तत्पुरुषः; नाम

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

• षड्भार्याः: six consorts
• षड्भार्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षट्-भार्याः = six consorts)

• पंचमे: in the fifth (set)
• पंचमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण; अधिकरणे (in the fifth [group/section])

• मताः: are considered
• मताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मन् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'considered/held to be'

• भैरवी: Bhairavī
• भैरवी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• गुर्जरी: Gurjarī
• गुर्जरी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुर्जरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• भाषा: Bhāṣā
• भाषा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• वेलागुली: Velāgulī
• वेलागुली: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेला (प्रातिपदिक) + गुली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वेला-गुली इति तत्पुरुषः; नाम

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of six rāgiṇī-devīs as consorts, each with distinct attire and regional color (Gurjarī with Gujarati ornaments), surrounding a central Bhairava/Śiva icon; inscriptions of their names float like musical syllables.

Characters & Entities

• Vairāṭī
• Sāmaverī
• Bhairavī
• Gurjarī
• Bhāṣā
• Velāgulī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional arts—especially sacred melody—are presented as legitimate offerings that honor Śiva within tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits inside the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narration; the snippet itself focuses on the musical retinue rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct vow or bathing/charity rule is stated; it enumerates rāgiṇī-names as part of a ceremonial praise context.