Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

मातृशापविमोक्षाय यदि दास्यति नः सुधाम् । तदा समीहितं तेस्तु न दास्यत्यथ दास्यसि

Transliteration

mātṛśāpavimokṣāya yadi dāsyati naḥ sudhām | tadā samīhitaṃ testu na dāsyatyatha dāsyasi

Translation

"إذا أعطانا الرحيق (الأمريتا) من أجل التحرر من لعنة أمك، فليتحقق ما ترغبين فيه. ولكن إذا لم يعطه، فستظلين خادمة".

Word by Word

• mātṛśāpa: mother’s curse
• mātṛśāpa: Sambandha (Compound-member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (in compound); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘mother’s curse’

• vimokṣāya: for release
• vimokṣāya: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi + mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (for the sake of)

• mātṛśāpavimokṣāya: for release from the mother’s curse
• mātṛśāpavimokṣāya: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛśāpa + vimokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः, प्रयोजनार्थे चतुर्थी

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• dāsyati: will give
• dāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naḥ: to us / our
• naḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4/6), बहुवचन; enclitic pronoun

• sudhām: nectar (amṛta)
• sudhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• samīhitam: the desired goal
• samīhitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīhita (कृदन्त; √īh)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘desired thing/aim’

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषणार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• dāsyati: will give
• dāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• atha: then/otherwise
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (then/otherwise)

• dāsyasi: you will give
• dāsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Nāgas (Kādraveyāḥ), speaking to Vinatā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nāga leaders pronounce the condition: bring amṛta for Vinatā’s release; their posture is authoritative, with one chief raising a hooded head as if delivering judgment; Vinatā listens tensely.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgas (Kādraveyāḥ)
• Vinatā
• amṛta/sudhā
• mother’s curse (mātṛśāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bondage often persists through conditional bargains driven by craving; liberation requires both power and righteous intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse centers on the amṛta-condition and the curse motif.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a contractual condition within the story.