Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

गौतमोऽपि च तद्दृष्ट्वा सम्यग्भार्याविचेष्टितम् । ददौ शापं महाराज कोपसंरक्तलोचनः

Transliteration

gautamo'pi ca taddṛṣṭvā samyagbhāryāviceṣṭitam | dadau śāpaṃ mahārāja kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ

Translation

Ô Roi, Gautama aussi, ayant vu clairement la conduite indigne touchant son épouse, les yeux rougis de colère, proféra une malédiction.

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘that’ इति (दृष्ट्वा इत्यस्य कर्म)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• सम्यक्: properly, clearly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• भार्या: of (his) wife
• भार्या: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; विचेष्टितम् इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः

• विचेष्टितम्: conduct, behavior
• विचेष्टितम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-चेष्ट् (उपसर्ग वि + √चेष्ट् धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, ‘act/behavior’ (कर्म)

• ददौ: gave, pronounced
• ददौ: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कोपसंरक्तलोचनः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• कोपसंरक्तलोचनः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप-संरक्त-लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘कोपेन संरक्ते लोचने यस्य सः’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama, eyes reddened with wrath, confronts the situation and prepares to pronounce a curse; the hermitage becomes a courtroom of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected by clarity of discernment; wrongdoing—especially violations of marital fidelity—invites swift moral consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the snippet itself is narrative setup and does not name a specific tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces the event leading to the curse.