Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ममास्त्येषो ऽपराधोऽत्र तस्मान्मे निग्रहं कुरु । भूयोऽपि ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ अस्याः शापसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

mamāstyeṣo 'parādho'tra tasmānme nigrahaṃ kuru | bhūyo'pi brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha asyāḥ śāpasamudbhavam

Translation

ここでの罪はまさに我がもの。ゆえに我を制し、罰してください。おお最勝のバラモンよ、その呪詛より生じた報いは、彼女ではなく私に降りかかりますように。

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपराधः: offense, fault
• अपराधः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here/in this matter)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb: therefore)

• मे: to me/for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• निग्रहम्: punishment/restraint
• निग्रहम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कुरु: do, impose
• कुरु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक (again/furthermore)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• ब्राह्मण-श्रेष्ठ: O best of brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मण-श्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्राह्मणानां श्रेष्ठः)

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शाप-समुद्भवम्: (that which is) arising from her curse
• शाप-समुद्भवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शापात् समुद्भवः = arising from a curse)

Speaker

Kāma (Kāmadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāma stands resolute after pleading—still humble, yet courageous—offering himself for punishment; the sage’s anger is met by the offender’s readiness to bear the curse, while the woman remains protected in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha
• śāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True expiation begins with ownership of wrongdoing; the righteous protect the less-culpable and accept consequences themselves.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but no named site appears in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is listed; the verse expresses the principle of nigraha (restraint/punishment) directed to the true offender.