Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

उर्वश्याद्याश्चाप्सरसश्चंडिकाद्याश्च मातरः । आदित्या वसवो दस्रौ विश्वेदेवा महौजसः

Transliteration

urvaśyādyāścāpsarasaścaṃḍikādyāśca mātaraḥ | ādityā vasavo dasrau viśvedevā mahaujasaḥ

Translation

اُروَشی اور دیگر اپسرائیں، چنڈِکا اور دیگر دیوی ماتائیں؛ آدِتیہ، وَسو، جڑواں اَشوِن اور عظیم تَیج والے وِشویدیو—مہاشکتی سے درخشاں—وہاں موجود تھے۔

Word by Word

• urvaśyādyāḥ: Urvaśī and others
• urvaśyādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ādi-śabdaḥ ‘आदि’ = ‘and others’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• apsarasaḥ: Apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• apsarasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• caṇḍikādyāḥ: Caṇḍikā and others
• caṇḍikādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍikā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ādi-śabdaḥ ‘आदि’ = ‘and others’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• mātaraḥ: the Mothers (Mātṛs)
• mātaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• ādityāḥ: the Ādityas
• ādityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• vasavaḥ: the Vasus
• vasavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• dasrau: the two Dasras (Aśvins)
• dasrau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Dvivacana (Dual)

• viśvedevāḥ: the Viśvedevas (all-gods)
• viśvedevāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘all’ + ‘gods’)

• mahaujasaḥ: of great power
• mahaujasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ojas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (1st/Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural); विशेषणम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘great’ + ‘vigor/power’)

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous celestial court: Urvaśī and apsarases in graceful poses; Caṇḍikā with attendant Mothers; rows of Ādityas, Vasus, Aśvins, and Viśvedevas emitting halos, arranged like a mandala around an unseen central divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Urvaśī
• Apsarases
• Caṇḍikā
• Mātṛs (Divine Mothers)
• Ādityas
• Vasus
• Aśvins (Dasrau)
• Viśvedevas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by a vast sacred order—devas, mothers, and celestial beings—showing the cosmos as a coordinated divine assembly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a cosmological roll-call within the chapter’s narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is descriptive rather than prescriptive.