Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततः क्रुद्धा महादेवी शापवाचमुवाच ह । वेपमाना महाराज शृणु यत्ते वदाम्यहम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kruddhā mahādevī śāpavācamuvāca ha | vepamānā mahārāja śṛṇu yatte vadāmyaham

Translation

Then the Great Goddess, enraged, uttered words of curse. Trembling, she said: “O great king, listen to what I declare to you.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereafter/then)

• क्रुद्धा: angry
• क्रुद्धा: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) → क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (angry)

• महादेवी: the great goddess
• महादेवी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + देवी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधन/कर्तृपद (the great goddess)

• शापवाचम्: a curse-statement
• शापवाचम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शापवाच् (प्रातिपदिक) = शाप + वाच्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (वाच्-शब्द), द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (curse-speech)

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/पादपूरण) — emphasis/indeed

• वेपमाना: trembling
• वेपमाना: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेप् (धातु) → वेपमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमानकाले), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (trembling)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; सम्बोधन (O great king)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object of ‘शृणु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (that which)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (enclitic ‘ते’); here: षष्ठी (your)

• वदामि: I say
• वदामि: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ (I)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Mahādevī’s speech)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king) addressed within the story

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce Mahādevī, eyes reddened with anger, addresses a king; her body trembles with contained power as the court stands still in fear.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas teach that divine speech (vāṇī)—especially of the Goddess—carries immediate moral and cosmic consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse introduces a curse pronouncement.