Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

विभीषिकाभिर्बह्वीभिर्मां भीषयसि मानिनि । गच्छ शीघ्रं मम गृहं बहूक्त्या किं प्रयोजनम्

Transliteration

vibhīṣikābhirbahvībhirmāṃ bhīṣayasi mānini | gaccha śīghraṃ mama gṛhaṃ bahūktyā kiṃ prayojanam

Translation

「思い上がった女よ、数多の脅しでわたしを怖がらせようというのか。急いで我が家へ来い——多言して何になろう。」

Word by Word

• vibhīṣikābhiḥ: with terrors; with threats
• vibhīṣikābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• bahvībhiḥ: many
• bahvībhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhīṣayasi: you frighten
• bhīṣayasi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhīṣ (भीष् धातु, causative/णिजन्त)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• mānini: O proud woman
• mānini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māninī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghram (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• mama: my
• mama: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gṛham: house
• gṛham: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• bahūktyā: by much talk; with many words
• bahūktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu + ukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (बह्वी उक्ति: = much talk)

• kim: what?
• kim: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• prayोजनam: purpose; need
• prayोजनam: Karma/Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

Speaker

Śaṃbara (implied, addressing Māyāvatī/Rati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṃbara dismisses the threats with scorn, commanding Rati to come to his house; his posture domineering, Rati resolute yet endangered; attendants or shadowy figures suggest coercion.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃbara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly intimidation and coercion are portrayed as empty; dharma ultimately prevails over forceful speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Kedāra sacred landscape (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though this verse itself is part of a narrative episode rather than direct tīrtha-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative dialogue.