Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

योगिनी योगसद्भावा योगगम्या गुहाशया । कात्यायनी उमा शर्वा ह्यपर्णेति प्रकीर्तिता

Transliteration

yoginī yogasadbhāvā yogagamyā guhāśayā | kātyāyanī umā śarvā hyaparṇeti prakīrtitā

Translation

അവൾ യോഗിനീ; യോഗം തന്നെയാണ് അവളുടെ സത്സ്വഭാവം. യോഗത്തിലൂടെ അവൾ പ്രാപ്യയും ഹൃദയ-ഗുഹയിൽ വസിക്കുന്നവളുമാണ്. അവൾ കാത്യായനീ, ഉമാ, ശർവാ; ‘അപർണാ’ എന്നും പ്രസിദ്ധയാണ്.

Word by Word

• yoginī: Yoginī
• yoginī: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yogasadbhāvā: whose true nature is yoga
• yogasadbhāvā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + sadbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yogasya sadbhāvaḥ yasyāḥ)

• yogagamyā: attainable through yoga
• yogagamyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + gamya (प्रातिपदिक; √gam धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (yogena gamyā)

• guhāśayā: dwelling in the cave (of the heart)
• guhāśayā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhā (प्रातिपदिक) + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (guhāyāṃ āśayaḥ yasyāḥ)

• kātyāyanī: Kātyāyanī
• kātyāyanī: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kātyāyanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• umā: Umā
• umā: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śarvā: Śarvā
• śarvā: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarvā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• aparṇā: Aparṇā
• aparṇā: Karta/Ādhāra of naming (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aparṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (इति-शब्देन नामनिर्देशः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• prakīrtitā: is proclaimed (as)
• prakīrtitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√kīrt (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘is proclaimed/called’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī as Yoginī seated in padmāsana within a stylized heart-cave (guhā), with subtle light emanating from the anāhata region; her forms as Kātyāyanī/Umā/Aparṇā appear as gentle overlays or attendant icons, indicating one essence with many names.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginī
• Kātyāyanī
• Umā
• Aparṇā
• Caṇḍikā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is internal: the Goddess is realized through yoga and inner stillness, as the indweller of the heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya this yogic praise of the Goddess is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yoga is presented as the means (upāya) to reach her; formal ritual instructions are given later in the chapter.