Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

गोविन्दोऽपि महाशापं लब्ध्वा स्वभवनं गतः । पार्वती च महेशानं कुपिता प्रणमय्य च

Transliteration

govindo'pi mahāśāpaṃ labdhvā svabhavanaṃ gataḥ | pārvatī ca maheśānaṃ kupitā praṇamayya ca

Translation

ഗോവിന്ദനും മഹാശാപം ലഭിച്ച ശേഷം തന്റെ സ്വഭവനത്തിലേക്കു പോയി. പാർവതിയും കോപത്തോടെ മഹേശാനനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു (അവിടെ നിന്ന്) മാറി പോയി.

Word by Word

• गोविन्दः: Govinda
• गोविन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• महाशापम्: a great curse
• महाशापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—महान् शापः (विशेषण-विशेष्य)

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• स्वभवनम्: his own abode/house
• स्वभवनम्: Karma (Destination as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वभवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—स्वस्य भवनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय अव्यय (conjunction)

• महेशानम्: Maheśāna (Śiva)
• महेशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुपिता: angered
• कुपिता: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रणमय्य: having bowed
• प्रणमय्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु) + य (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘प्रणम्य’ अर्थे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (continuation of the Śālagrāma origin narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālagrāma (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Govinda departs with composed dignity after receiving a great curse; nearby, Pārvatī—still angered—bows to Maheśāna, indicating reverence amid tension; the scene feels like a mythic epilogue.

Characters & Entities

• Govinda (Viṣṇu)
• Pārvatī
• Maheśāna (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives show dharma operating through boons and curses, shaping sacred history and devotional access.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the larger Śālagrāma–Gaṇḍakī māhātmya by continuing its origin narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is narrative context (śāpa/response) underpinning later devotional practice.