Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

उवाच गत्वा सहसा भामिनीं रतिमंतिके । कस्यासि त्वं विशालाक्षि केन वा तप्यते तपः

Transliteration

uvāca gatvā sahasā bhāminīṃ ratimaṃtike | kasyāsi tvaṃ viśālākṣi kena vā tapyate tapaḥ

Translation

Nārada, acercándose de inmediato a aquella mujer apasionada—Rati—dijo: «Oh de grandes ojos, ¿de quién eres tú? ¿Y por quién se realiza esta austeridad?»

Word by Word

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having gone’

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/कालवाचक (suddenly/quickly)

• भामिनीम्: the passionate/angry lady
• भामिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• रतेः: of Rati
• रतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अन्तिके: near
• अन्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कस्य: of whom
• कस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल-अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘wide’+‘eyed’)

• केन: by whom / by what
• केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle: or)

• तप्यते: is being performed (is undertaken)
• तप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta (Passive subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (passive subject)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (dialogue locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, moving quickly with vīṇā, approaches Rati seated in austerity and questions her identity and the beneficiary of her tapas; the scene holds tension between compassion and probing scrutiny.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Rati
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual practice is examined by sages: intention (saṅkalpa) and identity are central to tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within the Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography, implying a Śaiva tīrtha backdrop for the dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse focuses on the purpose behind tapas.