Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

विशेषान्नृत्यगीतं च प्रारब्धं मम चाग्रतः । तस्माद्व्योमगति र्नैव भवतीनां भविष्यति

Transliteration

viśeṣānnṛtyagītaṃ ca prārabdhaṃ mama cāgrataḥ | tasmādvyomagati rnaiva bhavatīnāṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

“കൂടാതെ പ്രത്യേകമായി എന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ തന്നെയാണ് നൃത്തഗീതം ആരംഭിച്ചത്; അതിനാൽ നിങ്ങൾക്ക് വ്യോമഗതി—ആകാശഗമനം—ഒരിക്കലും ഉണ്ടാകില്ല.”

Word by Word

• विशेषात्: especially/for a special reason
• विशेषात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

• नृत्यगीतम्: dance and song
• नृत्यगीतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य-गीत (प्रातिपदिक; नृत्य + गीत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (नृत्यं च गीतं च)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रारब्धम्: begun
• प्रारब्धम्: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-रभ् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘(नृत्यगीतं) प्रारब्धम्’ = begun

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अग्रतः: in front (of me)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय; अग्र-तसिल्)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in front/presence)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore/from that)

• व्योमगतिः: sky-travel/flight
• व्योमगतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योम-गति (प्रातिपदिक; व्योमन् + गति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (व्योम्नः गतिः = movement in the sky)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle of emphasis/avadhāraṇa: indeed/just)

• भवतीनाम्: of you (ladies)
• भवतीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (सर्वनामवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be/will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified woman pronouncing a curse/denial of celestial movement

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-sannidhi/Audumbarī (contextual)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gandharva-sattama (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devī pronounces a firm verdict: because dance and song were initiated pointedly before her (as disregard), the women will not attain ‘sky-passage’; performers appear halted mid-step, faces stunned.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect and intentional slight can result in spiritual constraint; freedom and higher movement are portrayed as dharma-dependent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as the curse-formulation within the Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a pronouncement of consequence.