Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
एतस्मात्कारणाच्छापस्तव दत्तो मया नृप । न कामतो न मृत्योर्वा सत्येनात्मानमालभे
Transliteration
etasmātkāraṇācchāpastava datto mayā nṛpa | na kāmato na mṛtyorvā satyenātmānamālabhe
Translation
याच कारणामुळे, हे नृप, मी तुला हा शाप दिला आहे—न इच्छेने, न मृत्यूच्या भयाने. सत्याच्या आधाराने मी हे दृढ वचन देते.
Word by Word
एतस्मात्from this, because of this
एतस्मात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कारणात्from the reason, due to the cause
कारणात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकारण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
शापःa curse
शापः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तवfor you/your
तव:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
दत्तःgiven
दत्तः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Karana/Karta-agent (Agent in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
कामतःout of desire
कामतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from desire/for pleasure')
नnor
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
मृत्योःfrom fear of death / of death
मृत्योः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (वैकल्पिकं पञ्चमी-अर्थे);
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
सत्येनby truth, truly
सत्येन:
Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
आत्मानम्myself
आत्मानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
आलबेI undertook/accepted (the act)
आलबे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग-आ (आ + लभ्)
Speaker
Mṛgī (the doe)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The doe, radiant with moral authority, pronounces a curse; a subtle aura or flame of satya surrounds her words; the king appears shaken, bow lowered, hands tense or folded.
Characters & Entities
N
nṛpa (king)Ś
śāpa (curse)S
satya (truth)FAQs
Righteous speech (satya) can become a force of dharma; consequences are invoked for justice, not personal rage.
No named tīrtha in this verse; it remains within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative setting.
None; it emphasizes satya as the basis of a binding pronouncement.