Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सहस्रं च भगानां ते वक्त्रे भवतु मा चिरम् । येन त्वं विप्लवं यासि त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

sahasraṃ ca bhagānāṃ te vaktre bhavatu mā ciram | yena tvaṃ viplavaṃ yāsi trailokye sacarācare

Translation

«Et bientôt, sans délai, que mille marques de yoni paraissent sur ton visage; ainsi deviendras-tu cause de scandale dans les trois mondes, parmi le mobile et l’immobile.»

Word by Word

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• भगानाम्: of vulvas (female organs)
• भगानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• वक्त्रे: in (your) mouth/face
• वक्त्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• भवतु: let there be
• भवतु: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मा: not
• मा: Negation/Prohibition marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: for long, long time
• चिरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb) ‘for long’

• येन: by which, so that
• येन: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे ‘by which/so that’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विप्लवम्: disgrace, upheaval
• विप्लवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यासि: you go/come to
• यासि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास ‘three worlds’

• सचराचरे: with all moving and unmoving (beings)
• सचराचरे: Adhikaraṇa-viśeṣaṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चर-अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः ‘चर + अचर’; ‘with moving and unmoving beings’

Speaker

Gautama Ṛṣi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s face becomes covered with a thousand stigma-marks; the cosmos reacts—gods whisper, beings stare—scandal ripples through the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Śakra (Indra)
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sin ripens not only as inner suffering but also as visible loss of honor; dharma safeguards reputation and cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the chapter’s tīrtha-glorification is supported through this exemplum of dharma and its consequences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it describes the form and social-spiritual effect of the curse.