Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

कार्यं त्वदाज्ञया भद्रे तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि । तेनोक्तात्र तदा साध्वी उवाच कमलेक्षणा

Transliteration

kāryaṃ tvadājñayā bhadre tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi | tenoktātra tadā sādhvī uvāca kamalekṣaṇā

Translation

“โอ้สตรีผู้เป็นมงคล สิ่งใดพึงกระทำตามพระบัญชาของท่าน โปรดตรัสบอกให้ครบถ้วนเถิด” ครั้นถูกทูลเช่นนั้นแล้ว นางผู้ทรงศีลผู้มีเนตรดุจดอกบัวจึงกล่าว ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• कार्यम्: the task/what is to be done
• कार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (context: object/predicate ‘task’)

• त्वत्-आज्ञया: by your command
• त्वत्-आज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘त्वत्-आज्ञा’ (your command)

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (determiner)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वक्तुम्: to tell
• वक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); ‘to speak/tell’

• अर्हसि: you are able/ought
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उक्ता: addressed/said (to her)
• उक्ता: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been spoken/addressed’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (time adverb)

• साध्वी: the virtuous woman
• साध्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कमल-ईक्षणा: she whose eyes are like lotuses
• कमल-ईक्षणा: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘कमल-ईक्षणे यस्याः सा’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful petitioner asks the auspicious lady to declare everything to be done by her command; the lotus-eyed virtuous lady prepares to speak, marking a shift from request to instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (lotus-eyed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma is learned through humble inquiry and obedience to rightful divine instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to Kedāra-khaṇḍa (Kedārakṣetra), but this verse functions as a narrative handover to the Goddess’s teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it introduces forthcoming instructions.