Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तव संलप्स्यते पुत्रो यथोक्तः शूलपाणिना । परं तन्मृत्युजं दुःखं त्वं शिशुत्वेपि लप्स्यसे

Transliteration

tava saṃlapsyate putro yathoktaḥ śūlapāṇinā | paraṃ tanmṛtyujaṃ duḥkhaṃ tvaṃ śiśutvepi lapsyase

Translation

سيكون لك ابنٌ حقًّا كما أعلن حاملُ الرمح الثلاثي (شِيفا)؛ ولكنك ستذوق حزنًا شديدًا مولودًا من الموت، حتى وهو ما يزال طفلًا.

Word by Word

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• saṃlapsyate: will speak / will utter
• saṃlapsyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ + lap (लप् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• yathā: as, according to
• yathā: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: 'as/according to')

• uktaḥ: said
• uktaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate qualifier/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'said/declared'

• śūlapāṇinā: by Śūlapāṇi (Śiva)
• śūlapāṇinā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—'शूलः पाणौ यस्य' (epithet of Śiva)

• param: supreme, intense
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'that'—duḥkham इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• mṛtyujam: born of death, death-caused
• mṛtyujam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛtyu + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—'मृत्योः जातम्'

• duḥkham: sorrow, suffering
• duḥkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

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

• śiśutve: in childhood
• śiśutve: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiśutva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• api: even, also
• api: Emphasis (अवधारण/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• lapsyase: you will obtain/experience
• lapsyase: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future/भविष्यत्), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Bhagavatī Gaurī (Pārvatī) (continuing the curse statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī pronounces a sorrowful curse: the king is shown envisioning a child and the shadow of death; Śiva as Śūlapāṇi stands as witness to the earlier boon.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlapāṇi (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boons without humility can turn bitter; aparādha invites suffering even amid fulfillment of desires.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not identify a particular sacred site; it advances the moral narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse states the consequence (śāpa) tied to devotional misconduct.