Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
कासि कस्यासि कल्याणि किमर्थं चापि रोदिषि । पृष्टा सा च रतिः सर्वं यथावृत्तं न्यवेदयत्
Transliteration
kāsi kasyāsi kalyāṇi kimarthaṃ cāpi rodiṣi | pṛṣṭā sā ca ratiḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayat
Translation
'ହେ କଲ୍ୟାଣୀ! ତୁମେ କିଏ, କାହାର ଏବଂ କାହିଁକି କାନ୍ଦୁଛ?' ଏପରି ପଚରାଯିବାରୁ ରତି ଘଟିଥିବା ସମସ୍ତ ଘଟଣା ଯଥାବତ୍ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କଲେ।
Word by Word
kāwho (fem.)
kā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; interrogative pronoun feminine nominative singular
asiare
asi:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular present
kasyaof whom/whose
kasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; interrogative genitive singular
asiare
asi:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular present
kalyāṇiO auspicious one
kalyāṇi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootkalyāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative singular feminine
kimarthamwhy/for what purpose
kimartham:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim + artha (प्रातिपदिके)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (for what reason)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक
apialso
api:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपि-कार (also)
rodiṣido you weep
rodiṣi:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√rud (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular present
pṛṣṭāhaving been asked
pṛṣṭā:
Karta (Logical subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√prach (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle feminine nominative singular
sāshe
sā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun feminine nominative singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक
ratiḥRati
ratiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular feminine
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter
yathāvṛttamas it happened
yathāvṛttam:
Prakaraṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā + vṛtta (प्रातिपदिके)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (according to what happened)
nyavedayatreported/told
nyavedayat:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√vid (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular imperfect
Speaker
Nārada (narration; dialogue attributed to Himālaya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Himādri-śṛṅga (mythic peak)
Type: peak
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Himālaya, as a dignified elder, asks Rati her identity and the cause of her tears; Rati begins to recount the full story.
Characters & Entities
H
HimālayaR
RatiFAQs
Purāṇic narrative uses compassionate inquiry and truthful recounting to reveal dharma behind painful events.
None explicitly; the setting remains the Himālaya region.
None.