Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
अस्य स्वल्पापराधस्य यस्माद्भूयान्विनिग्रहः । कृतस्त्वया सुदुर्बुद्धे तस्माच्छापं गृहाण मे
Transliteration
asya svalpāparādhasya yasmādbhūyānvinigrahaḥ | kṛtastvayā sudurbuddhe tasmācchāpaṃ gṛhāṇa me
Translation
ഈ ചെറിയ അപരാധത്തിനായി നീ അത്യധികം ശിക്ഷ ഏർപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു, ഹേ ദുർബുദ്ധിയേ! അതിനാൽ എന്റെ ശാപം സ്വീകരിക്കൂ।
Word by Word
अस्यof this
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
स्वल्प-अपराधस्यof (this) slight offence
स्वल्प-अपराधस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (स्वल्पः अपराधः)
यस्मात्because of which / since
यस्मात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
भूयान्greater
भूयान्:
Visheshana (Adjectival)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तुलनात्मकः (comparative)
विनिग्रहःpunishment / restraint
विनिग्रहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविनिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
कृतःhas been done
कृतः:
Karma-bhava (Predicate/कर्मणि भाव)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (अस्ति इति अध्याहारः)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीयपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
सुदुर्बुद्धेO very evil-minded one
सुदुर्बुद्धे:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुर्बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सु + दुर्बुद्धिः)
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Sambandha/Logical connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (तस्मात् = therefore/for that reason)
शापम्curse
शापम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
गृहाणaccept / take
गृहाण:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular; here Genitive)
Speaker
Māṇḍavya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Māṇḍavya ṛṣi, austere and radiant, confronts Dharmarāja with a raised hand of imprecation; the courtly-cosmic setting hints at divine jurisprudence, with attendants recoiling at the curse.
Characters & Entities
M
MāṇḍavyaD
DharmarājaFAQs
Dharma includes proportionality; punishment that exceeds the fault is criticized, even when delivered by an authority.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.