Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
कासि कस्यासि कल्याणि किमर्थं चापि रोदिषि । पृष्टा सा च रतिः सर्वं यथावृत्तं न्यवेदयत्
Transliteration
kāsi kasyāsi kalyāṇi kimarthaṃ cāpi rodiṣi | pṛṣṭā sā ca ratiḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayat
Translation
'ഹേ കല്യാണീ! നീ ആരാണ്, ആരുടേതാണ്, എന്തിനാണ് കരയുന്നത്?' ഇപ്രകാരം ചോദിക്കപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ, രതി സംഭവിച്ചതെല്ലാം അതേപടി വിവരിച്ചു.
Word by Word
kāwho (fem.)
kā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; interrogative pronoun feminine nominative singular
asiare
asi:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular present
kasyaof whom/whose
kasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; interrogative genitive singular
asiare
asi:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular present
kalyāṇiO auspicious one
kalyāṇi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootkalyāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative singular feminine
kimarthamwhy/for what purpose
kimartham:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim + artha (प्रातिपदिके)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (for what reason)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक
apialso
api:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपि-कार (also)
rodiṣido you weep
rodiṣi:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√rud (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular present
pṛṣṭāhaving been asked
pṛṣṭā:
Karta (Logical subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√prach (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle feminine nominative singular
sāshe
sā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun feminine nominative singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक
ratiḥRati
ratiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular feminine
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter
yathāvṛttamas it happened
yathāvṛttam:
Prakaraṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā + vṛtta (प्रातिपदिके)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (according to what happened)
nyavedayatreported/told
nyavedayat:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√vid (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular imperfect
Speaker
Nārada (narration; dialogue attributed to Himālaya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Himādri-śṛṅga (mythic peak)
Type: peak
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Himālaya, as a dignified elder, asks Rati her identity and the cause of her tears; Rati begins to recount the full story.
Characters & Entities
H
HimālayaR
RatiFAQs
Purāṇic narrative uses compassionate inquiry and truthful recounting to reveal dharma behind painful events.
None explicitly; the setting remains the Himālaya region.
None.