Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यस्मात्त्वया महामूर्ख न प्रणामः कृतो मम । हरादनंतरं तस्माच्छापं दास्याम्यहं तव

Transliteration

yasmāttvayā mahāmūrkha na praṇāmaḥ kṛto mama | harādanaṃtaraṃ tasmācchāpaṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ tava

Translation

Puisque toi, grand insensé, tu ne m’as pas rendu hommage—alors que je me tiens immédiatement après Hara (Śiva)—je te donnerai donc une malédiction.

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because of which / since
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverbial form), Ablative sense 'from/because of which' (यतः-अर्थे)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• mahāmūrkha: O great fool
• mahāmūrkha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + mūrkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—'महान् मूर्ख़ः'

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (निपात)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• praṇāmaḥ: salutation, bow
• praṇāmaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता-निर्देश), एकवचन

• kṛtaḥ: done, made
• kṛtaḥ: Kriyā (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'कृतः' = 'done/made' (with implied 'asti')

• mama: to me / of me
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• harāt: from Hara (Śiva)
• harāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• anantaram: immediately after
• anantaram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण (adverbial accusative), 'immediately/afterwards'

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (therefore/from that), Ablative sense 'therefore/for that reason'

• śāpam: a curse
• śāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• dāsyāmi: I will give
• dāsyāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• tava: to you / of you
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhagavatī Gaurī (Pārvatī) (deduced from nearby verses mentioning bhagavatī with Śambhu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce yet radiant Devī addresses a king who failed to bow; Śiva stands beside her, calm but authoritative; the king appears chastened amid a tīrtha-forest/temple threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional etiquette matters: disrespect toward Devī, especially in the presence of Śiva, is treated as a serious aparādha with karmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral turning point within the chapter’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (offering respectful salutation) to Devī—honoring her as inseparable from Śiva.