Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तान्दृष्ट्वा मोहिनी सद्य उवाच प्रमदोत्तमा

Transliteration

tāndṛṣṭvā mohinī sadya uvāca pramadottamā

Translation

Les voyant, Mohinī, la première parmi les femmes enchanteresses, parla aussitôt.

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.