Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता तदा तेन शंबरेण महात्मना । उवाच तन्वी मधुरं महिषी मदनस्य सा

Transliteration

evamuktā tadā tena śaṃbareṇa mahātmanā | uvāca tanvī madhuraṃ mahiṣī madanasya sā

Translation

एवमुक्ता तदा तेन शंबरेण महात्मना । उवाच तन्वी मधुरं महिषी मदनस्य सा

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘thus’

• उक्ता: (she) having been spoken to
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject; in sense of ‘she, being spoken to’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त/कर्मणि); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘having been addressed’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = temporal adverb ‘then’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karaṇa (Agent in passive/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन = Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शंबरेण: by Śambara
• शंबरेण: Karaṇa (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंबर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन = Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन = Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; विशेषण (शंबरेण)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• तन्वी: the slender woman
• तन्वी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मधुरम्: sweetly
• मधुरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Singular; क्रियाविशेषणभावे ‘sweetly’

• महिषी: queen/consort
• महिषी: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular; अप्पोजिशन (तन्वी)

• मदनस्य: of Madana
• मदनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject; resumptive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rati begins her reply: her posture upright, face serene, voice sweet; the scene shifts from the asura’s swagger to her dignified moral clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃbara
• Rati
• Madana (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma can be upheld with composure; sweetness of speech does not imply consent to adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra remains the overarching context; this verse is a dialogue transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.