Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तस्मात्ते परुषा रूक्षा जडा हृदय वर्जिता । गणेशाक्षरसदृशा शिला माता भविष्यति

Transliteration

tasmātte paruṣā rūkṣā jaḍā hṛdaya varjitā | gaṇeśākṣarasadṛśā śilā mātā bhaviṣyati

Translation

„Darum soll dir die Mutter zu Stein werden—hart, trocken, empfindungslos und ohne Zärtlichkeit—gleich der Silbe Gaṇeśas.“

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेतु-अर्थे

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• परुषा: harsh
• परुषा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• रूक्षा: rough/dry
• रूक्षा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जडा: dull/insentient
• जडा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• हृदय: heart
• हृदय: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-सम्बन्धे (with varjitā)

• वर्जिता: devoid of
• वर्जिता: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वर्ज् धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त—‘वर्जिता’ (deprived of/void of)

• गणेशाक्षरसदृशा: resembling Gaṇeśa’s syllable
• गणेशाक्षरसदृशा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गणेश (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक) + सदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘गणेशस्य अक्षरं (गं) तस्य सदृशी’ (like Gaṇeśa’s syllable)

• शिला: a stone
• शिला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

Speaker

Girijā/Pārvatī (continuing the curse; deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess pronounces a curse: the ‘mother’ becomes a stone—harsh, dry, insentient—likened to Gaṇeśa’s syllable; the moment is charged with the performative power of divine speech.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Gaṇeśa (by reference to his bīja/akṣara)
• Śilā (stone, as transformed mother)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Words spoken in anger can harden relationships like stone; the Purāṇic śāpa motif warns against uncontrolled speech and wrath.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse contains a mantra-related allusion (Gaṇeśa’s akṣara/bīja) but no explicit practice is prescribed.