Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

तामानय महाभाग भार्यां कुरु महाबल । अतीव रूपसंपन्ना या आनीतास्त्वयानघ । तासां मध्ये रूपवती रतिः सा मदनप्रिया

Transliteration

tāmānaya mahābhāga bhāryāṃ kuru mahābala | atīva rūpasaṃpannā yā ānītāstvayānagha | tāsāṃ madhye rūpavatī ratiḥ sā madanapriyā

Translation

ହେ ମହାଭାଗ! ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆଣି ନିଜର ପତ୍ନୀ କର। ହେ ନିଷ୍ପାପ! ତୁମେ ଆଣିଥିବା ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ରୂପବତୀ ନାରୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ମଦନପ୍ରିୟା ରତି ସର୍ବାଧିକ ସୁନ୍ଦରୀ।

Word by Word

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, feminine)

• ānaya: bring
• ānaya: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Imperative, 2nd person singular)

• mahā-bhāga: O fortunate one
• mahā-bhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; महत्/महā + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Vocative singular, masculine); कर्मधारयः—‘O greatly fortunate one’

• bhāryām: wife
• bhāryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, feminine)

• kuru: make (her)
• kuru: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Imperative, 2nd person singular)

• mahā-bala: O mighty one
• mahā-bala: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bala (प्रातिपदिक; महā + बल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Vocative singular, masculine); कर्मधारयः—‘O mighty one’

• atīva: exceedingly
• atīva: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb ‘exceedingly’)

• rūpa-saṃpannā: possessing great beauty
• rūpa-saṃpannā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa-saṃpanna (प्रातिपदिक; रूप + संपन्न)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, feminine); तत्पुरुषः—‘endowed with beauty’

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Relative pronoun, nominative singular, feminine)

• ānītāḥ: (women) brought
• ānītāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-nīta (कृदन्त; आ+नी धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, feminine); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘brought’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

• anagha: O sinless one
• anagha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anagha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Vocative singular, masculine); नञ्-समास—‘sinless’

• tāsām: of those (women)
• tāsām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम् (Genitive plural, feminine)

• madhye: among/in the midst
• madhye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Locative singular, neuter)

• rūpavatī: beautiful
• rūpavatī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpavatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, feminine)

• ratiḥ: Rati
• ratiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, feminine)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Pronoun, nominative singular, feminine)

• madana-priyā: beloved of Madana
• madana-priyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madana-priyā (प्रातिपदिक; मदन + प्रिया)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, feminine); तत्पुरुषः—‘dear to Madana’

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambara (or his adviser) commands that Rati be brought and made wife; Rati stands apart, luminous and resistant, amid a procession of captured/assembled beauties, emphasizing her singular radiance and Madana-connection.

Characters & Entities

• Rati
• Madana (Kāma)
• Śaṃbara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power tries to claim what is sacred to another; dharma is tested when desire and possession arise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra is the textual setting (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though the verse focuses on narrative action.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes counsel regarding Rati, not a rite.