Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

मातंगी च महादेवी वाणी च मुकुटेश्वरी । भद्री चैव महाशक्तिः संहारी च महाबला

Transliteration

mātaṃgī ca mahādevī vāṇī ca mukuṭeśvarī | bhadrī caiva mahāśaktiḥ saṃhārī ca mahābalā

Translation

มาตังคีมหาเทวี วาณีมุฏุเกศวรี ภัทรีมหาศักติ และสังหारीมหาพละ—เหล่านี้คือปางอันควรสักการะของพระนาง

Word by Word

• मातङ्गी: Mātaṅgī
• मातङ्गी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• महादेवी: the great goddess
• महादेवी: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Appositional predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• वाणी: Vāṇī (Speech/Sarasvatī)
• वाणी: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Appositional predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• मुकुटेश्वरी: Mukuṭeśvarī (lady of the crown)
• मुकुटेश्वरी: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Appositional predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुकुटेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक; मुकुट + ईश्वरी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भद्री: Bhadrī
• भद्री: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Appositional predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक ‘indeed/just’

• महाशक्तिः: the great power (Mahāśakti)
• महाशक्तिः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Appositional predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; महा + शक्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• संहारी: the destroyer
• संहारी: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Appositional predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + हृ (धातु) → संहारी (कृदन्त; णिनि/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त agent noun)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि-प्रयोगः ‘destroyer’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• महाबला: the greatly strong one
• महाबला: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Appositional predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबला (प्रातिपदिक; महा + बला)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fourfold epiphany of the Goddess: Mātaṅgī (mantra and inner sovereignty), Vāṇī as crowned queen (Mukuṭeśvarī), Bhadrī as auspicious power, Saṃhārī as mighty dissolver—shown as a unified Devī with four emanations or a single figure with iconographic cues for each aspect.

Characters & Entities

• Mātaṅgī
• Mahādevī
• Vāṇī
• Mukuṭeśvarī
• Bhadrī
• Mahāśakti
• Saṃhārī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The one Divine Śakti is adored through many names and functions—speech, auspiciousness, power, and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dharmāraṇya’s mahatmya context, the verse highlights the goddess’s revered forms associated with the sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse supplies names suitable for stotra, japa, and devotional remembrance.