Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । ततः स कथयामास सर्वमात्मविचेष्टितम् । यथा कन्यासमं संगः कृतः शापश्च सन्मुनेः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa sarvamātmaviceṣṭitam | yathā kanyāsamaṃ saṃgaḥ kṛtaḥ śāpaśca sanmuneḥ

Translation

Sūta dijo: Entonces relató todo lo ocurrido por obra de sus propios actos—cómo se unió a la doncella y cómo incurrió en la maldición de un noble sabio.

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta (the narrator)
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal/sequential adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कथयामास: narrated; told
• कथयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आत्मविचेष्टितम्: the deeds/actions done by himself
• आत्मविचेष्टितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + विचेष्टित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आत्मनः विचेष्टितम्)

• यथा: how; in what manner
• यथा: Sambandha/Prakara (Relation/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/manner)

• कन्यासमम्: equal to/like a maiden
• कन्यासमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कन्या + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कन्यायाः समम् = like a maiden)

• संगः: association; union
• संगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतः: was done; was made
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे भावः

• शापः: curse
• शापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सन्मुनेः: of the noble sage
• सन्मुनेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सन् मुनिः = good/sage)

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storyteller (Sūta) narrates a penitent account: a celestial figure recounts his own actions—association with a maiden and the resulting sage’s curse—before an assembly in a sacred setting.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Citraṅgada (implied)
• Maiden (kanyā)
• Sage (satmuni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions and associations (saṅga) bear consequences; Purāṇas teach accountability and the moral causality of karma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

This verse introduces the backstory within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but does not itself name the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it transitions into an explanatory narration involving a curse and prior conduct.