Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 119
Devanagari script
विधवाहं महाबाहो नैवं भाषितुमर्हसि । राजा त्वं सर्वदैत्यानां लक्ष्णैः परिवारितः
Transliteration
vidhavāhaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ bhāṣitumarhasi | rājā tvaṃ sarvadaityānāṃ lakṣṇaiḥ parivāritaḥ
Translation
"ഹേ മഹാബാഹോ! ഞാൻ വിധവയാണ്, അങ്ങ് ഇപ്രകാരം സംസാരിക്കാൻ പാടില്ല. അങ്ങ് സകല ദൈത്യന്മാരുടെയും രാജാവും രാജലക്ഷണങ്ങളോടുകൂടിയവനുമാണ്."
Word by Word
विधवाa widow
विधवा:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविधवा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative, Singular
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (महान् बाहुः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन = Masculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध) = negation particle
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = ‘thus/in this way’
भाषितुम्to speak
भाषितुम्:
Karma (Complement of ‘arhasi’)
TypeVerb
Root√भाष् (धातु)
Formतुमुन् (अनन्त/इन्फिनिटिव) = infinitive ‘to speak’
अर्हसिyou ought/are fit
अर्हसि:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√अर्ह् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन = Present, 2nd person, Singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta (Predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative, Singular
सर्वदैत्यानाम्of all the daityas
सर्वदैत्यानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां दैत्यानाम्); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन = Masculine, Genitive, Plural
लक्ष्णैःwith marks/signs
लक्ष्णैः:
Karaṇa (Means/Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन = Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
परिवारितःsurrounded
परिवारितः:
Kriyā (Predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि√वृ (धातु)
Formक्त (भूतकृदन्त/कर्मणि); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘surrounded’
Speaker
Rati
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Rati declares her widowhood and rebukes the improper address; she stands firm, while Śaṃbara—king of Dānavas—appears resplendent yet morally checked by her words.
Characters & Entities
R
RatiŚ
ŚaṃbaraD
Daityas/DānavasFAQs
Rati asserts propriety and restraint; dharma is upheld by refusing improper advances even under pressure.
No specific tīrtha is named; the Kedārakhaṇḍa setting remains in the background.
None.