पञ्चमं स्कन्दमातेति षष्ठं कात्यायनीति च। सप्तमं कालरात्रीति महागौरीति चाष्टमम्॥
pañcamaṁ skandamātēti ṣaṣṭhaṁ kātyāyanīti ca। saptamaṁ kālarātrīti mahāgaurīti cāṣṭamam॥
Translation
The fifth is called Skandamātā, the sixth is Kātyāyanī, the seventh is called Kālarātrī, and the eighth is called Mahāgaurī.
Word by word
- pañcamaṁ
- fifth
- skandamātā
- Skandamātā (mother of Skanda)
- iti
- thus
- ṣaṣṭhaṁ
- sixth
- kātyāyanī
- Kātyāyanī (daughter of sage Katyayana)
- ca
- and
- saptamaṁ
- seventh
- kālarātrī
- Kālarātrī (dark night)
- mahāgaurī
- Mahāgaurī (great fair one)
- cāṣṭamam
- and eighth
Meaning
This fourth core verse continues the enumeration of the Navadurgā, listing the fifth through eighth forms: Skandamātā, Kātyāyanī, Kālarātrī, and Mahāgaurī.