Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

इति शप्तः प्रण्म्यैनं पादोपग्रहपूर्वकम् । हाहेति च ब्रुवन्गाढं साश्रुनेत्रं सगद्गदम्

Transliteration

iti śaptaḥ praṇmyainaṃ pādopagrahapūrvakam | hāheti ca bruvangāḍhaṃ sāśrunetraṃ sagadgadam

Translation

Thus cursed, he bowed to him, first clasping his feet; and crying “Alas! Alas!”, he spoke in anguish—his eyes brimming with tears and his voice choked with grief.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (thus)

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta (Participant described)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप्त (प्रातिपदिक; √शप् PPP)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अहं/सः—वक्तृ-प्रसङ्गे)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु—प्रणम् (to bow)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• पादोपग्रहपूर्वकम्: after first clasping (his) feet
• पादोपग्रहपूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + उपग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-प्रयोगः क्रियाविशेषणत्वेन; अर्थः—‘पादोपग्रहं पूर्वं कृत्वा’ (after/with first grasping the feet)

• हा: alas!
• हा: Exclamation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मय/शोकसूचक निपात (interjection)

• हा: alas!
• हा: Exclamation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मय/शोकसूचक निपात (interjection)

• इति: saying
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ब्रुवन्: speaking, saying
• ब्रुवन्: Karta (Agent, participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• गाढम्: intensely, deeply
• गाढम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative) अर्थः—intensely

• साश्रुनेत्रम्: with tearful eyes
• साश्रुनेत्रम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Descriptive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्गवत् ‘with’) + अश्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ब्रुवन्/तम्—भाववर्णन) अर्थः—‘अश्रुणि नेत्रे यस्य’

• सगद्गदम्: with a choked/stammering voice
• सगद्गदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Descriptive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्गवत् ‘with’) + गद्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; अर्थः—‘गद्गदं (कण्ठं/वाणीं) यस्य’

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa’s frame narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The cursed man collapses at the brāhmaṇa’s feet, clasping them; tears stream as he cries ‘hā hā’; the brāhmaṇa stands stern, embodying dharma’s weight.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When faced with the results of wrongdoing, humility and sincere remorse are the beginning of inner correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the act shown is supplication—bowing and holding the feet as a cultural-religious gesture of seeking grace.