Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125
Devanagari script
कृता महानसेऽध्यक्षा नाम्ना मायावतीति च
Transliteration
kṛtā mahānase'dhyakṣā nāmnā māyāvatīti ca
Translation
तिला महान स्वयंपाकगृहाची अधीक्षिका नेमले गेले, आणि ती ‘मायावती’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध झाली।
Word by Word
कृताmade, appointed
कृता:
Karma (Object/कर्म) / Predicate complement (विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Past passive participle (kta), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
महानसेin the kitchen
महानसे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहानस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular
अध्यक्षाsuperintendent, overseer
अध्यक्षा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Feminine, Nominative, Singular
नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
मायावतीMāyāvatī (proper name)
मायावती:
Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
TypeNoun
Rootमायावती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Feminine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
Discourse marker (वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
Speaker
Narrator (Sūta’s narration implied by section style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sacred great kitchen (mahānasa) in a Himalayan āśrama/temple precinct; a woman appointed as superintendent, overseeing vessels, fire, and distribution of food to pilgrims and sages.
Characters & Entities
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MāyāvatīFAQs
Even within adverse circumstances, destiny and dharma shape identities and roles that serve a larger divine narrative.
The verse occurs within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred frame, but it does not directly praise a specific tīrtha.
None.