Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तान्दृष्ट्वा मोहिनी सद्य उवाच प्रमदोत्तमा

Transliteration

tāndṛṣṭvā mohinī sadya uvāca pramadottamā

Translation

فلما رأتهم موهيني—وهي أسمى النساء فتنةً—تكلمت في الحال.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund: having seen)

• मोहिनी: Mohinī
• मोहिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediately)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रमदोत्तमा: the best of women
• प्रमदोत्तमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमदा + उत्तमा (प्रातिपदिक; प्रमदा-उत्तमा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) introducing Mohinī’s speech (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mohinī, supremely enchanting, turns her gaze toward the newly arrived attendants (devas in disguise) and begins to speak—her posture poised, expression confident and persuasive.

Characters & Entities

• Mohinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel delivered at the right moment can redirect a situation toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra remains the overarching textual setting (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though the verse is a speech-transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the forthcoming instruction.