Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । माधव्याः पद्मया दत्तो यः शापस्तस्य यत्फलम् । परिणामोद्भवं सर्वं श्रुतमस्माभिरद्य तत्

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | mādhavyāḥ padmayā datto yaḥ śāpastasya yatphalam | pariṇāmodbhavaṃ sarvaṃ śrutamasmābhiradya tat

Translation

Les sages dirent : Nous avons maintenant entendu en entier l’issue et le déploiement de toutes les conséquences de la malédiction que Padmā prononça contre Mādhavī.

Word by Word

• ṛṣayaḥ: the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• mādhavyāḥ: of Mādhavī
• mādhavyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhavī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• padmayā: by Padmā (Lakṣmī)
• padmayā: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• dattaḥ: given
• dattaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yaḥ: which
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• śāpaḥ: curse
• śāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• yat: what
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (relative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pariṇāma-udbhavam: arising as a consequence
• pariṇāma-udbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of 'sarvam')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pariṇāma (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (pariṇāmāt udbhavam)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śrutam: has been heard
• śrutam: Kriya (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• asmābhiḥ: by us
• asmābhiḥ: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Resumptive object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages addresses the narrator: calm but curious faces, hands in respectful gesture, indicating they have heard the full unfolding of Padmā’s curse and now seek deeper clarification or next steps.

Characters & Entities

• Mādhavī
• Padmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the Purāṇic doctrine that actions and spoken boons/curses mature into definite results (karma-phala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a question within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the exact tīrtha is not named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an inquiry initiating further explanation.