Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

गौतमोप्युटजाद्दैवात्समिदाहरणाय वै । निर्गतस्त्वां विवसनं दृष्ट्वा शापमुदाहरत्

Transliteration

gautamopyuṭajāddaivātsamidāharaṇāya vai | nirgatastvāṃ vivasanaṃ dṛṣṭvā śāpamudāharat

Translation

ثم إن غوتَما أيضًا، بقضاءِ القدر، خرج من كوخه ليجمع الحطب؛ فلما رآك واقفًا عاريًا نطق باللعنة.

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• उटजात्: from the hut
• उटजात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उटज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दैवात्: by chance; by fate
• दैवात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् (adverbial ablative), हेतौ/निमित्ते (by fate/accidentally)

• समित्: firewood; fuel-stick
• समित्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिध्/समित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आहरणाय: for bringing
• आहरणाय: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु) + अन (कृत् प्रत्यय) → आहरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of bringing)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• निर्गतः: having come out
• निर्गतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → निर्गत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विवसनम्: naked; unclothed
• विवसनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-वास् (धातु) + शतृ/शानच्? (कृदन्त) → विवसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (त्वाम्-विशेषण); अर्थः—वस्त्रहीन (naked)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• उदाहरत्: uttered; pronounced
• उदाहरत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A pilgrim-inquirer/ṛṣi audience (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest hermitage at dawn; Gautama emerges with a bundle-rope for samidhā; he sees a celestial attendant standing unclothed near the āśrama boundary; the sage’s face hardens as he utters a curse.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Improper conduct in a sacred ascetic space invites immediate karmic consequence, especially when witnessed by a realized sage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Setukhaṇḍa, traditionally associated with Setu-kṣetra (Rāmeśvaram/Setu region), though this verse itself focuses on a moral episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates the circumstance leading to a śāpa (curse).