Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

शापं शक्रस्य संजातं तथा तस्मान्महामुनेः

Transliteration

śāpaṃ śakrasya saṃjātaṃ tathā tasmānmahāmuneḥ

Translation

ಶಕ್ರನಿಗೆ ಉಂಟಾದ ಶಾಪವೂ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಆ ಮಹಾಮುನಿಯಿಂದ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ವಿಷಯವೂ।

Word by Word

• śāpam: curse
• śāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• śakrasya: of Śakra (Indra)
• śakrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• saṃjātam: arisen, occurred
• saṃjātam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु) + ta (क्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past participle, Neuter, Accusative, Singular (agreeing with śāpam)

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha/Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• tasmāt: from him/that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; Pronoun, Ablative (5th), Singular

• mahāmuneḥ: of the great sage
• mahāmuneḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Masculine, Genitive, Singular; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् मुनिः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A somber courtly tableau: Indra’s curse is recalled; the atmosphere is heavy with impending consequence, with sages and devas in tense stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Mahāmuni (great sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Missteps by the powerful can trigger far-reaching consequences, requiring dharmic resolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this fragmentary verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.