Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता तदा तेन उवाचासितलोचना

Transliteration

evamuktā tadā tena uvācāsitalocanā

Translation

त्याने असे बोलिल्यावर तेव्हा श्यामलोचना देवीने उत्तर दिले।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• उक्ता: (she) having been spoken to / addressed
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असितलोचना: the dark-eyed (lady)
• असितलोचना: Karta (Subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असित (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (असिता लोचना यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (primary audience/ṛṣis, implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī, dark-eyed and composed, turns to respond after being addressed by Śiva; an intimate domestic setting with ascetic aura—Śiva calm, Satī poised to question.

Characters & Entities

• Satyā
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural dialogue often turns on attentive listening and timely response—an ideal of disciplined speech (vāg-dharma).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly in this connector verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.