Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

शापस्यांतो यथा भूयान्मम भ्रातुस्तथा वद । तमुवाच महातेजास्तथा विज्ञप्तिकौतुकः

Transliteration

śāpasyāṃto yathā bhūyānmama bhrātustathā vada | tamuvāca mahātejāstathā vijñaptikautukaḥ

Translation

„Sage mir, wie der Fluch meines Bruders enden kann.“ So gebeten, erwiderte der Strahlende, von der Bitte bewegt.

Word by Word

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

• अन्तः: end
• अन्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यथा: as/how
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/adverb), यथार्थे (as/how)

• भूयात्: may be/should be
• भूयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive pronoun)

• भ्रातुः: of (my) brother
• भ्रातुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तथा: thus/accordingly
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तद्वत्/एवम्-अर्थे

• वद: tell/say
• वद: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महातेजाः: the great-splendored one
• महातेजाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् तेजः यस्य)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), एवम्-अर्थे

• विज्ञप्ति-कौतुकः: curious about the request
• विज्ञप्ति-कौतुकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विज्ञप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विज्ञप्तौ कौतुकं यस्य/विज्ञप्ति-विषये कौतुकवान्)

Speaker

Sukarṇa (request); Vidyādhara lord (reply begins)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sukarṇa leans forward in respectful petition, palms joined, asking how his brother’s curse may end; the radiant Vidyādhara lord prepares to answer, eyes bright with interest.

Characters & Entities

• Sukarṇa
• Vidyādhara-kulādhipa
• Elder brother (cursed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking dharmic remedies—rather than despair—opens the way to purification and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate tīrtha is not named yet; the reply soon points to a supreme tīrtha near Cakratīrtha on the southern sea.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is introduced in the following verses: going to a particular tīrtha for darśana and snāna.