Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तस्मादेष तवाभीष्टः स्पृष्टः सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिः । मया शप्तः परित्यागं जीवितस्य करिष्यति

Transliteration

tasmādeṣa tavābhīṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭaḥ sūryasya raśmibhiḥ | mayā śaptaḥ parityāgaṃ jīvitasya kariṣyati

Translation

Ainsi, cet être que tu chéris, une fois touché par les rayons du Soleil, maudit par moi, quittera la vie.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore; from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तस्मात्=‘therefore/from that’

• eṣaḥ: this (one)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• abhīṣṭaḥ: desired, dear
• abhīṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhīṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √iṣ + क्त, अभि-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (eṣaḥ)

• spṛṣṭaḥ: touched
• spṛṣṭaḥ: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √spṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘touched’

• sūryasya: of the sun
• sūryasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• raśmibhiḥ: by rays
• raśmibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raśmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śaptaḥ: cursed
• śaptaḥ: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śap (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘cursed’

• parityāgam: abandonment
• parityāgam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parityāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• jīvitasya: of life
• jīvitasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kariṣyati: will do / will make
• kariṣyati: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: First rays of dawn strike a man (the husband); the curser’s words hang in the air like a visible force; the scene is lit by sharp golden sunlight cutting through darkness.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya
• Sūrya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Words spoken with karmic force (śāpa) are portrayed as immediately efficacious; Purāṇic dharma cautions that violent intent leads to grave outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the tīrtha’s name is not stated within this line itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the focus is the conditional moment of sunrise (Sūrya’s rays) triggering the curse’s effect.