Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अपरिच्छिन्नसर्वार्था पुत्रं शापितवत्यहम् । विपरीतार्थबोद्धॄणां सुलभा विपदो यतः

Transliteration

aparicchinnasarvārthā putraṃ śāpitavatyaham | viparītārthaboddhṝṇāṃ sulabhā vipado yataḥ

Translation

“Wahai putraku, karena aku tidak memahami sepenuhnya hakikat segala perkara, aku sampai mengutukmu. Sebab bagi mereka yang menangkap makna secara terbalik atau keliru, malapetaka mudah datang.”

Word by Word

• अपरिच्छिन्नसर्वार्था: whose understanding of all matters is unbounded/undetermined
• अपरिच्छिन्नसर्वार्था: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + परिच्छिन्न (कृदन्त) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वार्थाः अपरिच्छिन्नाः यस्याः सा)

• पुत्रं: son
• पुत्रं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शापितवती: (I) have cursed
• शापितवती: Kriya (Main predication/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु) → शापित (कृदन्त) + वत्/वती (प्रातिपदिक-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) + वती-प्रत्यय; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (she who has cursed)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विपरीतार्थबोद्धॄणाम्: of those who understand meanings wrongly
• विपरीतार्थबोद्धॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपरीत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + बोद्धृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विपरीतार्थं बोधयन्ति/बुध्यन्ते ये)

• सुलभाः: easy to obtain
• सुलभाः: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुलभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• विपदः: calamities
• विपदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यतः: because
• यतः: Sambandha (Causal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (because/for)

Speaker

Śailajā (Pārvatī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vīraka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī addresses Vīraka as ‘son,’ admitting she cursed him due to incomplete understanding; the tone is tender yet grave, warning that mistaken cognition brings calamity.

Characters & Entities

• Śailajā
• Putra (Vīraka implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Act only after discerning the full truth; wrong understanding leads quickly to suffering and harmful actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it prepares the moral context for the later Arbudāraṇya/Acaleśvara praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly—this verse is ethical instruction about discernment (viveka) and the danger of misjudgment.