Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

समातृगणभूयिष्ठा सयक्षोरगराक्षसा । ततो देवी महादेवं विवेश हरिलोचना

Transliteration

samātṛgaṇabhūyiṣṭhā sayakṣoragarākṣasā | tato devī mahādevaṃ viveśa harilocanā

Translation

پھر دیوی—ماتروں کے جتھوں سے گھری ہوئی، یکشوں، ناگوں اور راکشسوں سمیت—کنول سی آنکھوں والی، مہادیو میں داخل ہو کر اس میں لَین ہو گئی۔

Word by Word

• स-मातृ-गण-भूयिष्ठा: abounding with groups of Mothers (Mātṛs)
• स-मातृ-गण-भूयिष्ठा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (प्रातिपदिक/उपसर्गवत् ‘सह’) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + भूयिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मातृगणेन सह भूयिष्ठा = मातृगण-बहुला)

• स-यक्ष-उरग-राक्षसा: together with Yakṣas, serpents, and Rākṣasas
• स-यक्ष-उरग-राक्षसा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (प्रातिपदिक ‘सह’) + यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + उरग (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (यक्ष-उरग-राक्षसैः सह)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—अवधारण/क्रमसूचक क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereupon)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• विवेश: entered
• विवेश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—वि

• हरि-लोचना: she whose eyes are like Hari’s (Viṣṇu’s) / lotus-like
• हरि-लोचना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (हरिवत् लोचने यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā / Narmadā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Harilocanā Devī, lotus-eyed, approaches Mahādeva amid a swirling host of Mātṛkās; yakṣas, nāgas, and rākṣasas form a protective, otherworldly procession; Devī dissolves into Śiva’s form like light entering a flame.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mahādeva
• Mātṛgaṇa
• Yakṣa
• Uraga
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches Śiva–Śakti unity: the Goddess and Mahādeva are inseparable powers within the one sacred reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it highlights divine union within the broader Revākhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is theological narration.