Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

यदा यास्यसि शापस्य तदा मुक्तिमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

yadā yāsyasi śāpasya tadā muktimavāpsyasi

Translation

“যেতিয়া আপুনি অভিশাপ ভোগ কৰিব, তেতিয়া আপুনি মুক্তি লাভ কৰিব।”

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: when)

• यास्यसि: you will go
• यास्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शापस्य: of the curse
• शापस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• मुक्तिम्: release, liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) उपसर्गः अव-
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Agniveśya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, authoritative speaker delivers a brief, weighty sentence about enduring a curse and attaining release; the listener’s posture shows surrender rather than protest.

Characters & Entities

• Agniveśya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Freedom comes after karmic consequences are faced and exhausted; suffering can become a path to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.