Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

मदोत्कटा चैत्ररथे हयन्ती हास्तिने पुरे । कान्यकुब्जे स्थिता गौरी रम्भा ह्यमलपर्वते

Transliteration

madotkaṭā caitrarathe hayantī hāstine pure | kānyakubje sthitā gaurī rambhā hyamalaparvate

Translation

ณไจตรรถะ ข้าพเจ้าคือ “มโทตกฏา”; ณหาสตินาปุระคือ “หยันตี”. ณกานยกุบชะ ข้าพเจ้าสถิตมั่นเป็น “คาวรี”; และ ณอมลปัรวตะ ข้าพเจ้าถูกขานว่า “รัมภา”.

Word by Word

• मदोत्कटा: Madotkaṭā (exceedingly intoxicated/ardent; name)
• मदोत्कटा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद + उत्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (मदेन उत्कटा/अत्युत्कटा)

• चैत्ररथे: in Caitraratha (grove/region)
• चैत्ररथे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्ररथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हयन्ती: Hayantī (name)
• हयन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हास्तिने: in Hāstina (Hastināpura)
• हास्तिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास्तिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थलनाम), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘हास्तिनपुरे’ इत्यर्थे

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कान्यकुब्जे: in Kānyakubja (Kannauj)
• कान्यकुब्जे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्यकुब्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (स्थलनाम), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थिता: situated / staying
• स्थिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = having stayed/being situated

• गौरी: Gaurī (name)
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रम्भा: Rambhā (name)
• रम्भा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रम्भा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• अमलपर्वते: on/in the Amala mountain
• अमलपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमल + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (अमलः पर्वतः)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāstinapura; Kānyakubja; (Caitraratha, Amalaparvata as sacred locales)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four panels: (1) Caitraratha as a jeweled celestial garden with yakṣas and flowering trees where Devī appears as Madotkaṭā, exuberant yet divine; (2) Hāstinapura’s palace-gates with Devī as Hayantī, protective and swift; (3) Kānyakubja’s riverfront ghats and temples with Devī as Gaurī, luminous and calm; (4) Amalaparvata as a pristine mountain with Devī as Rambhā, graceful and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Caitraratha
• Madotkaṭā
• Hāstinapura
• Hayantī
• Kānyakubja
• Gaurī
• Amalaparvata
• Rambhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī’s presence sanctifies both earthly cities and divine realms; her worship unites the human and the cosmic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Caitraratha, Hāstinapura, Kānyakubja, and Amalaparvata are named as Devī’s seats with distinct forms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is visiting these kṣetras and worshipping Devī in her local name-form.