Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 108
Devanagari script
इत्थं वचसि विज्ञप्ते विनीतेनापि वै मया । प्रसादप्रवणो भूत्वा शापांतं मे तदा व्यधात्
Transliteration
itthaṃ vacasi vijñapte vinītenāpi vai mayā | prasādapravaṇo bhūtvā śāpāṃtaṃ me tadā vyadhāt
Translation
ഇങ്ങനെ എന്റെ—ഇപ്പോൾ വിനീതനായ—വചനങ്ങളാൽ അപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ, അദ്ദേഹം കരുണയിലേക്കു പ്രവണനായി അപ്പോൾ എന്റെ ശാപാന്ത്യം വിധിച്ചു.
Word by Word
इत्थम्thus
इत्थम्:
Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्थम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)
वचसिin (these) words; in speech
वचसि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
विज्ञप्तेwhen it was submitted/requested
विज्ञप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
TypeVerb
Rootवि√ज्ञप् (धातु) → विज्ञप्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)
विनीतेनby (me) the humble/discipled one
विनीतेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविनीत (कृदन्त; √नी)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘मया’)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (concessive ‘even’)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Agent-instrument in passive sense/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया, एकवचन
प्रसादप्रवणःinclined to grace
प्रसादप्रवणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied ‘सः’)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)
शापान्तम्the end of the curse
शापान्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशाप (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
मेfor me; my
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन (enclitic)
तदाthen
तदा:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (then)
व्यधात्he arranged/made
व्यधात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + √धा (धातु)
Formलुङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Unspecified narrator (third-person continuation of the episode)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The sage’s demeanor softens; a blessing gesture marks the formal ending of the curse; the petitioner’s posture shifts from fear to relief.
FAQs
Humility invites grace; when arrogance ends, the path opens for the removal of suffering and curse.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it highlights the moral-spiritual process of supplication and receiving prasāda.