Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

योगिनी योगसद्भावा योगगम्या गुहाशया । कात्यायनी उमा शर्वा ह्यपर्णेति प्रकीर्तिता

Transliteration

yoginī yogasadbhāvā yogagamyā guhāśayā | kātyāyanī umā śarvā hyaparṇeti prakīrtitā

Translation

وہ یوگنی ہے، جس کی سچی فطرت یوگ ہے؛ یوگ ہی کے ذریعے وہ پائی جاتی ہے اور دل کی پوشیدہ غار میں بستی ہے۔ وہ کاتْیاینی، اُما، شَروَا ہے؛ اور اَپرنا کے نام سے بھی مشہور ہے۔

Word by Word

• yoginī: Yoginī
• yoginī: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yogasadbhāvā: whose true nature is yoga
• yogasadbhāvā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + sadbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yogasya sadbhāvaḥ yasyāḥ)

• yogagamyā: attainable through yoga
• yogagamyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + gamya (प्रातिपदिक; √gam धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (yogena gamyā)

• guhāśayā: dwelling in the cave (of the heart)
• guhāśayā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhā (प्रातिपदिक) + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (guhāyāṃ āśayaḥ yasyāḥ)

• kātyāyanī: Kātyāyanī
• kātyāyanī: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kātyāyanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• umā: Umā
• umā: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śarvā: Śarvā
• śarvā: Karta/Ādhāra of description (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarvā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• aparṇā: Aparṇā
• aparṇā: Karta/Ādhāra of naming (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aparṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (इति-शब्देन नामनिर्देशः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• prakīrtitā: is proclaimed (as)
• prakīrtitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√kīrt (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘is proclaimed/called’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī as Yoginī seated in padmāsana within a stylized heart-cave (guhā), with subtle light emanating from the anāhata region; her forms as Kātyāyanī/Umā/Aparṇā appear as gentle overlays or attendant icons, indicating one essence with many names.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginī
• Kātyāyanī
• Umā
• Aparṇā
• Caṇḍikā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is internal: the Goddess is realized through yoga and inner stillness, as the indweller of the heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya this yogic praise of the Goddess is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yoga is presented as the means (upāya) to reach her; formal ritual instructions are given later in the chapter.