Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

प्रहस्य मेना प्रोवाच स्वपतिं च हिमालयम् । यदुक्तं भवता वाक्यं श्रूयतां मे त्वयाऽधुना

Transliteration

prahasya menā provāca svapatiṃ ca himālayam | yaduktaṃ bhavatā vākyaṃ śrūyatāṃ me tvayā'dhunā

Translation

Sonriendo, Menā habló a su esposo Himālaya: «Ahora escúchame acerca de las palabras que has pronunciado».

Word by Word

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: हस् (to laugh) उपसर्ग: प्र-; अर्थे: ‘हसित्वा’

• मेना: Menā
• मेना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + प्र- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वपतिम्: her husband
• स्वपतिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• हिमालयम्: Himālaya
• हिमालयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• उक्तम्: said/uttered
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘said’

• भवता: by you (sir)
• भवता: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; आदरार्थ (honorific)

• वाक्यम्: the statement/words
• वाक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/आज्ञार्थे: ‘let it be heard’

• मे: by me / to me (context: ‘from me’)
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Menā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Menā, smiling, turns toward Himavān in a palace-like Himalayan setting, initiating counsel; the mood is intimate and auspicious, with snowy peaks visible beyond carved pillars.

Characters & Entities

• Menā
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respectful dialogue within family life is presented as part of dharmic decision-making.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative transition within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.