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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

शूद्र उवाच । पार्वतीकुपिता देवी कथं देवेन शूलिना । प्रसादं च गता शप्त्वा यत्कोपात्क्षुभ्यते जगत्

Transliteration

śūdra uvāca | pārvatīkupitā devī kathaṃ devena śūlinā | prasādaṃ ca gatā śaptvā yatkopātkṣubhyate jagat

Translation

शूद्र म्हणाला—क्रोधित झालेली देवी पार्वती त्रिशूलधारी देवाशी कशी प्रसन्न झाली? आणि शाप देऊन, जिनच्या कोपाने जग हादरते, ती पुन्हा कृपास्थानी कशी परतली?

Word by Word
शूद्रःthe Śūdra
शूद्रः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
पार्वतीकुपिताParvatī, being angry
पार्वतीकुपिता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपार्वती + कुपित (कृदन्त); पार्वती-कुपिता (समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पार्वती इव/नाम्ना पार्वती, कुपिता) विशेषण (of देवी)
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कथम्how
कथम्:
Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)
देवेनby the god
देवेन:
Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/कर्ता-निर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
शूलिनाby the trident-bearer (Śiva)
शूलिना:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootशूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण (of देवेन)
प्रसादम्favor; grace; calmness
प्रसादम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
गताattained; came to
गता:
Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past active/resultative participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having gone/attained’
शप्त्वाhaving cursed
शप्त्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootशप् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकाल
यत्because/that (which)
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
कोपात्from (her) anger
कोपात्:
Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (cause/source)
क्षुभ्यतेis agitated
क्षुभ्यते:
Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootक्षुभ् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
जगत्the world
जगत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker

Śūdra (questioner)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gālava (implied as respondent in following verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A questioning devotee (identified as a śūdra) respectfully asks a sage about Pārvatī’s anger, her curse, and her return to grace with Śiva holding the trident; the cosmos trembles subtly in the background to show the impact of Devī’s wrath.

Characters & Entities
P
Pārvatī
Ś
Śiva (Śūlin)

FAQs

Even cosmic disturbances arising from divine wrath resolve through prasāda—restored harmony—highlighting the Purāṇic movement from conflict to grace.

This is a narrative setup within Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha being praised is not named in this verse alone.

None; the verse introduces a question about a mythic episode (śāpa and reconciliation).

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