Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

रुद्रकोट्यां तु कल्याणी काली कालञ्जरे तथा । महालिङ्गे तु कपिला माकोटे मुकुटेश्वरी

Transliteration

rudrakoṭyāṃ tu kalyāṇī kālī kālañjare tathā | mahāliṅge tu kapilā mākoṭe mukuṭeśvarī

Translation

ณ รุทรโกฏี พระนางทรงพระนามว่า กัลยาณี; ณ กาลัญชระ ทรงเป็น กาลี. ณ มหาลิงคะ ทรงเป็น กปิลา; และ ณ มาโกฏะ ทรงเป็น มุกุเฏศวรี เทวีแห่งศาลเจ้ามงกุฎ.

Word by Word

• रुद्रकोट्याम्: in Rudrakoṭi
• रुद्रकोट्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रकोटि (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र + कोटि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• तु: indeed/and (emphatic)
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/पदपूरण (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• कल्याणी: Kalyāṇī (the auspicious goddess)
• कल्याणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper epithet)

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

• कालञ्जरे: at Kālañjara
• कालञ्जरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चय (adverb/conj. 'likewise/also')

• महालिङ्गे: at Mahāliṅga
• महालिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महालिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

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

• माकोटे: at Mākoṭa
• माकोटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माकोट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• मुकुटेश्वरी: Mukuṭeśvarī
• मुकुटेश्वरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुकुटेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक; मुकुट + ईश्वरी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudrakoṭī; Kālañjara; Mahāliṅga; Mākoṭa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrimage-map tableau: four vignettes around a central Devī, each vignette showing a distinct shrine-landscape—Rudrakoṭī with rudra-emblems, Kālañjara with a hill-fort and fierce Kālī, Mahāliṅga with a towering liṅga and Kapilā aspect, Mākoṭa with a crowned sanctum and Mukuṭeśvarī.

Characters & Entities

• Rudrakoṭī
• Kālañjara
• Mahāliṅga
• Mākoṭa
• Kalyāṇī
• Kālī
• Kapilā
• Mukuṭeśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The same Divine Mother appears as gentle auspiciousness and fierce protection, according to the needs and tradition of each holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudrakoṭī, Kālañjara (historic hill-fort/temple region), Mahāliṅga, and Mākoṭa (place-name in the Purāṇic itinerary).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse provides kṣetra-specific deity-names used for worship and remembrance.