Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

रेवत्युवाच । अहं शप्ता पुरा देवि ब्राह्मण्या कारणांतरे । यत्त्वं मानुषमासाद्य स्वयं भूत्वा च मानुषी

Transliteration

revatyuvāca | ahaṃ śaptā purā devi brāhmaṇyā kāraṇāṃtare | yattvaṃ mānuṣamāsādya svayaṃ bhūtvā ca mānuṣī

Translation

レーヴァティーは言った。「おお女神よ、昔、別の因縁により、あるバラモン女から私は呪いを受けました。『汝は人の境涯に至り、自ら人となる』と。」

Word by Word

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• शप्ता: cursed
• शप्ता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; 'अहम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• पुरा: formerly, once
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (vocative); एकवचन

• ब्राह्मण्या: by a brahmin woman
• ब्राह्मण्या: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental); एकवचन

• कारण: in a cause, in a reason
• कारण: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन; 'अन्तरे' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अन्तरे: in the course of, on the occasion of
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन

• यत्: that, since
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय (relative particle); वाक्यसम्बन्धक (introduces reason/that)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• मानुषम्: a human (state/form)
• मानुषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having attained, reaching
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having attained)

• स्वयम्: oneself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Emphasis on agent/कर्ता-बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive adverb)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• मानुषी: a human woman
• मानुषी: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; (त्वम् इत्यस्य विधेय)

Speaker

Revatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Sureśvarī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revatī, with folded hands, narrates an old curse by a brāhmaṇa woman to the Goddess, her face marked by sorrow and hope.

Characters & Entities

• Revatī
• Ambikā
• Brāhmaṇī (a brāhmaṇa woman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma stresses that karmic consequences (śāpa) can be faced and remedied through humility, confession, and surrender to the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excerpt continues the tīrtha-setting of Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya where the curse is brought before Ambikā for relief.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse introduces the karmic background that motivates the boon-request.