Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

कः शापो दीयते तुभ्यं शापोयमयमेव ते । ततो विमृश्य भूयोऽहब्रवं किमहंद्विज

Transliteration

kaḥ śāpo dīyate tubhyaṃ śāpoyamayameva te | tato vimṛśya bhūyo'habravaṃ kimahaṃdvija

Translation

„Welcher ‚Fluch‘ wird dir gegeben? Dies eben ist dein eigener Fluch. Dann, erneut nachsinnend, sprach ich: ‚Was habe ich getan, o Zweimalgeborener?‘“

Word by Word

• kaḥ: what?, which?
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Interrogative pronoun)

• śāpaḥ: curse
• śāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dīyate: is given
• dīyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन (Dative singular)

• śāpaḥ: curse
• śāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ayam: this
• ayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Demonstrative pronoun)

• ayam: this (very)
• ayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (repetition for emphasis)

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक)

• te: your, of you
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then’

• vimṛśya: having considered
• vimṛśya: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi + mṛś (धातु) → vimṛśya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive) — ‘having reflected’

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘again/further’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• abravam: I said
• abravam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Content/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन (interrogative; here as predicate/‘what’)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dvija: O brāhmaṇa
• dvija: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Vocative)

Speaker

Hārīta (continuing)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Hārīta (immediate) and the addressed ‘dvija’ in the self-questioning line

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator’s anger collapses into self-questioning; he lowers his head, hands loosen, eyes soften; Hārīta stands calm, the atmosphere shifts from heat to clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Hārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A curse born of passion becomes the speaker’s own burden; dharma begins with inner reflection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; the focus is on ethical causality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a reflective teaching rather than a ritual injunction.