Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

भद्रकाली तथा भद्रा त्वरिता वैष्णवी तथा । नवदुर्गादिसहितो भूतानां च गणो महान्

Transliteration

bhadrakālī tathā bhadrā tvaritā vaiṣṇavī tathā | navadurgādisahito bhūtānāṃ ca gaṇo mahān

Translation

तसेच भद्रकाली, भद्रा, त्वरिता आणि वैष्णवी आल्या; नवदुर्गा इत्यादींसह भूतांचा एक महान् गणही जमला।

Word by Word

• भद्रकाली: Bhadrakālī
• भद्रकाली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र + काली (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (भद्रा काली)

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

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

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

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

• तथा: also
• तथा: Samuccaya/Anvaya (समुच्चय/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/connector)

• नवदुर्गादिसहितः: accompanied by Navadurgā and others
• नवदुर्गादिसहितः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवदुर्गा + आदि + सहित (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः तत्पुरुषः (नवदुर्गादिभिः सहितः)

• भूतानाम्: of beings/spirits
• भूतानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

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

• गणः: troop, host
• गणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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 swelling procession of Devī-forms—Bhadrakālī, Bhadrā, Tvaritā, Vaiṣṇavī—arrives with the Navadurgās and a vast gaṇa-host, suggesting a cosmic militia entering the narrative space.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrakālī
• Bhadrā
• Tvaritā
• Vaiṣṇavī
• Navadurgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine operates through many forms and energies; protective and corrective powers assemble to uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region is the textual setting (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though this verse is a catalogue of divine forces.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports devotion to Devī-forms within a Śaiva Purāṇic frame.