Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सापि हृष्टा भगवती शापस्यानुग्रहे वृता

Transliteration

sāpi hṛṣṭā bhagavatī śāpasyānugrahe vṛtā

Translation

Auch die selige Göttin war voller Freude und fasste den Entschluss, den Fluch in Gnade zu verwandeln.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• hṛṣṭā: delighted
• hṛṣṭā: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhagavatī: the revered goddess
• bhagavatī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सा’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• śāpasya: of the curse
• śāpasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• anugrahe: in (the matter of) the favor/relief
• anugrahe: Adhikarana (Regarding/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• vṛtā: resolved/engaged (in granting it)
• vṛtā: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vṛ (धातु) → vṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘chosen/accepted/engaged’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess, joyful, inwardly resolves to convert the curse into blessing—an interior moment of luminous determination.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śāpa (curse)
• Anugraha (grace)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is the higher meaning of divine power: what appears as punishment may be redirected into upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though the verse itself is not topographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the goddess’s pleased resolve regarding the curse’s outcome.