Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामपि तद्वाच्यं वचनं सूक्तमेव यत् । यथोक्तेन च वाक्येन कस्मात्तन्वी प्रकोपिता

Transliteration

sarveṣāmapi tadvācyaṃ vacanaṃ sūktameva yat | yathoktena ca vākyena kasmāttanvī prakopitā

Translation

Cette parole peut être dite devant tous, car elle est véritablement bien formulée. Pourquoi donc, ô toi la svelte, t’es-tu irritée de mots prononcés exactement tels qu’ils furent dits ?

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण

• api: also, even
• api: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: also/even)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma/Anvaya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vācyam: to be said
• vācyam: Karma/Predicate (Complement/पूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु) + -ya (कृत्)
• Form: कर्तव्यता-वाचक कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘to be said/should be said’

• vacanam: speech, statement
• vacanam: Karta/Predicate (Subject-complement/कर्ता-पूर्तिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sūktam: well-spoken, apt
• sūktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūkta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/यत्-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• yathā-uktena: by the aforesaid (as-said)
• yathā-uktena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vac)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः अव्ययीभाव (yathā + ukta = ‘as said’), विशेषणरूपेण ‘by the aforesaid’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• vākyena: by the words
• vākyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• kasmāt: why
• kasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• tanvī: the slender woman
• tanvī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prakopitā: angered, provoked
• prakopitā: Karta/State (Subject-state/कर्ता-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra√kup (धातु) + -ta (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The baṭu asserts that the statement is well-said and fit for all to hear, then asks why she is angered by accurate words; the scene shifts from conflict to ethical scrutiny.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Well-spoken truthful counsel should not provoke anger; dharma includes patience toward honest speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the narrative, but this verse is ethical rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.