Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

ततोहमब्रवं कस्माददोषं मां भवानिति । शपते भवता दत्ता मम वाचा पुरा सुता

Transliteration

tatohamabravaṃ kasmādadoṣaṃ māṃ bhavāniti | śapate bhavatā dattā mama vācā purā sutā

Translation

ત્યારે મેં કહ્યું—“હું નિર્દોષ છું, તો પણ તમે મને કેમ શાપ આપો છો? પૂર્વે તમારી વાણીથી તમારી પુત્રી મને આપવાની પ્રતિજ્ઞા કરવામાં આવી હતી.”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष-प्रयोग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• abravam: said
• abravam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• kasmāt: why? / from what reason
• kasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• adoṣam: faultless
• adoṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhavān: you (sir)
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); आदरसूचक-सर्वनाम (honorific pronoun)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

• śapate: curses / is cursing
• śapate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śap (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• bhavatā: by you (sir)
• bhavatā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• dattā: given
• dattā: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• vācā: by (my) word / speech
• vācā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): पूर्वम् (formerly)

• sutā: daughter
• sutā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

The cursed petitioner (unnamed in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disputant stands before an elder/kingly figure, palms slightly raised in reasoned protest, invoking an earlier promise of a daughter; attendants and a solemn court-like setting emphasize dharma-debate.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A pledged word is morally binding; dharma requires consistency between speech and action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on the dharma of a verbal promise (vācā).