Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

इत्युच्यमानेन तदा नीता सा प्रसभं तथा । स्वपुरं परमं तन्वी शंबरेण मनस्विनी

Transliteration

ityucyamānena tadā nītā sā prasabhaṃ tathā | svapuraṃ paramaṃ tanvī śaṃbareṇa manasvinī

Translation

ထိုသို့ဆိုကြားသည့်အခါ၊ ကိုယ်လုံးသေးသွယ်သော်လည်း စိတ်ဓာတ်ခိုင်မာသော မိန်းမသည် Śaṃbara ၏ အင်အားဖြင့် အတင်းအကျပ် ခေါ်ဆောင်ခံရကာ၊ သူ၏ တင့်တယ်လှပသော မြို့တော်သို့ ယူဆောင်သွားခဲ့သည်။

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• ucyamānena: by (his) speaking; while being spoken
• ucyamānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) + यक् (यक्-प्रत्यय, कर्मणि)
• Form: कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त (यक्-प्रत्ययान्त), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; 'being said'

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• nītā: was taken/led
• nītā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (नी धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (was led)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prasabham: forcibly
• prasabham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prasabham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: forcibly)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक-अव्यय (thus; likewise)

• sva-puram: to his own city
• sva-puram: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य पुरम्)

• paramam: supreme; excellent
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tanvī: the slender woman
• tanvī: Apposition (Sāmānādhikaraṇya/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम (slender one)

• śaṃbareṇa: by Śambara
• śaṃbareṇa: Karana (Agent-in-instrumental in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• manasvinī: strong-minded; spirited
• manasvinī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manasvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta’s narration implied by section style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rati, slender yet strong-willed, is forcibly led away by Śaṃbara toward a magnificent city; the contrast between her dignity and the violence of the act is central; the city gleams, but the act is dark.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃbara
• Māyāvatī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the contrast between coercive asuric power and the eventual triumph of divine order and purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region is the textual frame (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though the verse focuses on the storyline rather than a tīrtha’s merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description.