Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तव प्रसादतो विप्र स हतो राक्षसो मया । मुक्तशापोऽस्मि संजातः परं शृणु वचो मुने

Transliteration

tava prasādato vipra sa hato rākṣaso mayā | muktaśāpo'smi saṃjātaḥ paraṃ śṛṇu vaco mune

Translation

Par ta grâce, ô brāhmane, ce rākṣasa a été terrassé par moi. Je suis délivré de la malédiction ; maintenant, ô sage, écoute encore mes paroles.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रसादतः: by (your) grace
• प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः: ‘because of/from the grace’

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

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

• हतः: killed
• हतः: Kriyā (Predicate as participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राक्षसः: the demon
• राक्षसः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मुक्तशापः: freed from the curse
• मुक्तशापः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त + शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘शापात् मुक्तः’

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• संजातः: have become
• संजातः: Kriyā (Predicate as participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘become/come to be’

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/अतिरिक्तार्थक (adverb: ‘further/next’)

• शृणु: hear/listen
• शृणु: Kriyā (Predicate/command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

The king (rājā/pārthiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king addresses Vasiṣṭha with gratitude, recounting the slaying of a rākṣasa and release from a curse; Vasiṣṭha listens calmly, poised to instruct; a faint memory-scene of the demon’s fall may appear behind.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• rākṣasa
• śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when a curse is lifted through a sage’s grace, one must still confront deeper karmic residues and seek complete purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the lead-up to pilgrimage-based expiation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the king is preparing to request a prescribed remedy.