Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सहस्रं च भगानां ते वक्त्रे भवतु मा चिरम् । येन त्वं विप्लवं यासि त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

sahasraṃ ca bhagānāṃ te vaktre bhavatu mā ciram | yena tvaṃ viplavaṃ yāsi trailokye sacarācare

Translation

«وكذلك، عمّا قريبٍ بلا إبطاء، لتظهر على وجهك ألفُ علامةٍ على هيئة الفَرْج؛ وبذلك تغدو سببَ فضيحةٍ في العوالم الثلاثة، بين المتحرك والساكن.»

Word by Word

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भगानाम्: of vulvas (female organs)
• भगानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• वक्त्रे: in (your) mouth/face
• वक्त्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• भवतु: let there be
• भवतु: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मा: not
• मा: Negation/Prohibition marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: for long, long time
• चिरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb) ‘for long’

• येन: by which, so that
• येन: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे ‘by which/so that’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विप्लवम्: disgrace, upheaval
• विप्लवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यासि: you go/come to
• यासि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास ‘three worlds’

• सचराचरे: with all moving and unmoving (beings)
• सचराचरे: Adhikaraṇa-viśeṣaṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चर-अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः ‘चर + अचर’; ‘with moving and unmoving beings’

Speaker

Gautama Ṛṣi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s face becomes covered with a thousand stigma-marks; the cosmos reacts—gods whisper, beings stare—scandal ripples through the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Śakra (Indra)
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sin ripens not only as inner suffering but also as visible loss of honor; dharma safeguards reputation and cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the chapter’s tīrtha-glorification is supported through this exemplum of dharma and its consequences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it describes the form and social-spiritual effect of the curse.