Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य ब्रह्मा लोक पितामहः । सावित्रीशापनिर्दग्धो ह्यवतीर्णो धरातले

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya brahmā loka pitāmahaḥ | sāvitrīśāpanirdagdho hyavatīrṇo dharātale

Translation

তাৰ পাছত কোনো এক সময়ত ব্ৰহ্মা—লোকসমূহৰ পিতামহ—সাৱিত্ৰীৰ শাপত দগ্ধ হৈ ধৰাতললৈ অৱতীৰ্ণ হ’ল।

Word by Word

• kasyacit: of some
• kasyacit: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); 'चित्' प्रत्ययेन अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite: 'of some')

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

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• kālasya: time/period
• kālasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• loka-pitāmahaḥ: grandfather of the world
• loka-pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: लोकपितामह (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'लोकस्य पितामहः'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः उपाधि/विशेषणवत्

• sāvitrī-śāpa-nirdagdhaḥ: burnt by Sāvitrī’s curse
• sāvitrī-śāpa-nirdagdhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nirdagdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √dah)
• Form: सावित्रीशापनिर्दग्ध (तत्पुरुष: 'सावित्र्याः शापेन निर्दग्धः'—instrumental sense within compound), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) ब्रह्मा

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• avatīrṇaḥ: descended
• avatīrṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava-√tṝ (धातु) → avatīrṇa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicate adjective) ब्रह्मा

• dharā-tale: on the earth’s surface
• dharā-tale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: धरातल (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'धरायाः तलम्'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, radiant yet afflicted by the heat of Savitrī’s curse, descends from the celestial realm to the earth; gods watch from above, the earth below shown as a sacred landscape awaiting consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Savitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic authorities are bound by dharma and the moral force of vows and marital fidelity, as shown through the power of a righteous curse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces a cause for a sacred-geography episode; the exact tīrtha is clarified in the chapter’s broader context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it narrates the karmic cause leading into māhātmya.