Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता तदा तेन उवाचासितलोचना

Transliteration

evamuktā tadā tena uvācāsitalocanā

Translation

Setelah ditegur demikian olehnya, pada saat itu wanita bermata hitam pun menjawab.

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.