Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

दधीचिना शिवो दृष्टो विज्ञप्तः शापमोचने । कथं शापं मया दत्तं तरिष्यंति तवाज्ञया

Transliteration

dadhīcinā śivo dṛṣṭo vijñaptaḥ śāpamocane | kathaṃ śāpaṃ mayā dattaṃ tariṣyaṃti tavājñayā

Translation

Dadhīci erblickte Śiva und flehte ihn um Lösung vom Fluch an: „Wie werden sie, auf dein Geheiß, den von mir gegebenen Fluch überwinden?“

Word by Word

• दधीचिना: by Dadhīci
• दधीचिना: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karma (कर्म; object of ‘seen’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• विज्ञप्तः: was informed/requested
• विज्ञप्तः: Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग

• शापमोचने: regarding the release from the curse
• शापमोचने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; in the matter of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप + मोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: ‘curse’ + ‘release’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• शापम्: curse
• शापम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण; agent in passive/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier of object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण to शापम्

• तरिष्यन्ति: they will cross/overcome
• तरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

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

• आज्ञया: by (your) command
• आज्ञया: Karana (करण/Instrument; by means of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Dadhīci (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dadhīci

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Dadhīci, austere and radiant, stands with folded hands before Śiva, pleading for the means to lift a curse; the setting hints at a coastal Prabhāsa landscape with tīrtha markers and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhīci
• Śiva
• Śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even severe karmic constraints like curses are ultimately resolved through divine sanction and compassionate intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is part of the Prabhāsa-kṣetra account, within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the focus is on seeking śāpa-mocana through prayerful petition to Śiva.