Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यस्मान्मे दयितः पापे त्वया रूपाद्विडंबितः । चतुर्वक्त्रः कृतस्तस्मात्त्वं विरूपा भव द्रुतम्

Transliteration

yasmānme dayitaḥ pāpe tvayā rūpādviḍaṃbitaḥ | caturvaktraḥ kṛtastasmāttvaṃ virūpā bhava drutam

Translation

“Wahai yang berdosa, kerana engkau memperolok kekasihku dengan kecantikanmu hingga menjadikannya bermuka empat, maka jadilah engkau cacat rupa serta-merta!”

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (हेतौ पञ्चमी-रूपम्) — ‘because/from which reason’

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — enclitic genitive (‘my’)

• दयितः: beloved (one)
• दयितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दयित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पापे: O sinful one
• पापे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative (address)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥/Karaṇa (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental (‘by you’)

• रूपात्: in respect of form/from beauty
• रूपात्: Apādāna/Viṣaya (Ablative/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ablative (‘from/with respect to form’)

• विडम्बितः: mocked/derided
• विडम्बितः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-डम्ब् (धातु) → विडम्बित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — past passive participle

• चतुर्वक्त्रः: four-faced
• चतुर्वक्त्रः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (चत्वारि वक्त्राणि यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — adjective

• कृतः: made/turned into
• कृतः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘made/become’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Upasaṃhāra (Therefore)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतौ) — ‘therefore’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — pronoun

• विरूपा: ugly/deformed
• विरूपा: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — adjective

• भव: become/be
• भव: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘quickly’

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī) addressing Tilottamā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī pronounces a curse upon Tilottamā: because she mocked Devī’s beloved due to her beauty and caused him to become four-faced, she is commanded to become deformed immediately; Tilottamā’s expression shifts from pride to भय (fear).

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Tilottamā
• Śiva (implied)
• Four-faced (caturvaktra motif)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ridicule rooted in pride leads to downfall; reverence toward the Divine and humility are upheld as core dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse is a moral-etiological episode within the chapter’s tīrtha-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative pronouncement (a curse) emphasizing ethical conduct.