Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यस्मात्त्वया महामूर्ख न प्रणामः कृतो मम । हरादनंतरं तस्माच्छापं दास्याम्यहं तव

Transliteration

yasmāttvayā mahāmūrkha na praṇāmaḥ kṛto mama | harādanaṃtaraṃ tasmācchāpaṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ tava

Translation

ഹേ മഹാമൂഢാ! ഹരൻ (ശിവൻ) ഉടൻപിന്നിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന എന്നെ നീ നമസ്കരിച്ചില്ല; അതിനാൽ ഞാൻ നിന്നെ ശപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because of which / since
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverbial form), Ablative sense 'from/because of which' (यतः-अर्थे)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• mahāmūrkha: O great fool
• mahāmūrkha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + mūrkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—'महान् मूर्ख़ः'

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (निपात)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• praṇāmaḥ: salutation, bow
• praṇāmaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता-निर्देश), एकवचन

• kṛtaḥ: done, made
• kṛtaḥ: Kriyā (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'कृतः' = 'done/made' (with implied 'asti')

• mama: to me / of me
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• harāt: from Hara (Śiva)
• harāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• anantaram: immediately after
• anantaram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण (adverbial accusative), 'immediately/afterwards'

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (therefore/from that), Ablative sense 'therefore/for that reason'

• śāpam: a curse
• śāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• dāsyāmi: I will give
• dāsyāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• tava: to you / of you
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhagavatī Gaurī (Pārvatī) (deduced from nearby verses mentioning bhagavatī with Śambhu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce yet radiant Devī addresses a king who failed to bow; Śiva stands beside her, calm but authoritative; the king appears chastened amid a tīrtha-forest/temple threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional etiquette matters: disrespect toward Devī, especially in the presence of Śiva, is treated as a serious aparādha with karmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral turning point within the chapter’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (offering respectful salutation) to Devī—honoring her as inseparable from Śiva.