Chapter 1 · Devya Kavacham
Verse 4
पञ्चमं स्कन्दमातेति षष्ठं कात्यायनीति च। सप्तमं कालरात्रीति महागौरीति चाष्टमम् ॥ ४ ॥
pañcamaṁ skandamātēti ṣaṣṭhaṁ kātyāyanīti ca | saptamaṁ kālarātrīti mahāgaurīti cāṣṭamam || 4 ||
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 verse continues the enumeration of the Navadurgā, listing the fifth through eighth forms: Skandamātā, Kātyāyanī, Kālarātrī, and Mahāgaurī.