Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

मातश्च ददुस्तस्मै तदा मातृगणान्प्रभो । याभिर्व्याप्तास्त्रयो लोकाः कल्याणीभिश्चराचराः

Transliteration

mātaśca dadustasmai tadā mātṛgaṇānprabho | yābhirvyāptāstrayo lokāḥ kalyāṇībhiścarācarāḥ

Translation

随后，噢主宰，诸母神将玛特丽迦众赐与他——那些吉祥女神，以其威德遍满三界，连同一切动与不动的众生皆被涵摄。

Word by Word

• मातः: O Mother
• मातः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• ददुः: gave
• ददुः: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार; परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; बहुवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb: ‘then’)

• मातृगणान्: the groups of Mothers (Mātṛs)
• मातृगणान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मातॄणां गणाः = ‘groups of Mothers’)

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• याभिः: by whom
• याभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental 3rd); बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत्

• व्याप्ताः: pervaded
• व्याप्ताः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; ‘pervaded/filled’

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• लोकाः: worlds
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• कल्याणीभिः: by the auspicious (Mothers)
• कल्याणीभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; (मातृगणानां विशेषणरूपेण)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• चराचराः: moving and unmoving beings
• चराचराः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (चराः+अचराः = ‘moving and unmoving beings’)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Mothers (Mātṛkā-gaṇas) approach and bestow themselves/their hosts upon Skanda; the cosmos is shown as pervaded by auspicious feminine presences across beings moving and unmoving.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛgaṇa (Mātṛkās)
• Skanda (implied)
• Three worlds (Trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Skanda’s power is not merely martial; it is upheld by the all-pervading Shakti embodied by the Mātṛkās.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes cosmic pervasion by the Mother-goddesses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal-narrative statement about the Mātṛgaṇas.