Shloka 6

Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)

Devanagari script

शापक्षये तु निर्वत्ते भवितासि पुनर्द्धिज: । एवं शप्त: पुरा तेन ऋषिणास्म्युग्रतेजसा,शापका निवारण हो जानेपर तू फिर ब्राह्मण होगा। इस प्रकार उन उग्र तेजस्वी महर्षिने पूर्वकालमें मुझे शाप दिया था

Transliteration

śāpakṣaye tu nirvṛtte bhavitāsi punar dvijaḥ | evaṁ śaptaḥ purā tena ṛṣiṇāsm y ugratejasā ||

Translation

“Cuando el efecto de la maldición llegue a su fin, volverás a ser un dos veces nacido (un brāhmaṇa). Así, en tiempos antiguos, fui maldecido por aquel sabio de fiera irradiación espiritual.”

Word by Word

शापक्षयेat the ending of the curse

तुbut/indeed

निर्वृत्तेwhen (it is) completed/ended

भविताwill become

असिyou are

पुनःagain

द्विजःa brahmin (twice-born)

एवम्thus

शप्तःcursed

पुराformerly/once

तेनby him

ऋषिणाby the sage

अस्मिI am

उग्रतेजसाby (one) of fierce splendor

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter, speaker)

Ṛ

ṛṣi (a sage of fierce tejas)

dvija/brāhmaṇa (status to be regained)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights karmic consequence and moral restoration: a fall in status caused by a sage’s curse is not necessarily permanent; when the curse’s force is exhausted, one can return to one’s rightful state. It underscores accountability to dharma and the possibility of rehabilitation after suffering the due result.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter (vyādha) explains his own past: he had been cursed long ago by a powerful sage. The curse determined his present condition, but it also contained a limit—once the curse ends, he will again become a dvija (here, a brāhmaṇa).