Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मशापो रुद्रशापो विष्णुशापस्तथैव च । द्विजशापस्तथा भूयादिदं स्थानं विलुंपतः

Transliteration

brahmaśāpo rudraśāpo viṣṇuśāpastathaiva ca | dvijaśāpastathā bhūyādidaṃ sthānaṃ viluṃpataḥ

Translation

ଯେ ଏହି ପବିତ୍ର ସ୍ଥାନକୁ ଲୁଟିବା କିମ୍ବା ନଷ୍ଟ କରିବ, ତା’ଉପରେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଶାପ, ରୁଦ୍ରଶାପ, ବିଷ୍ଣୁଶାପ ଏବଂ ଦ୍ୱିଜଶାପ ମଧ୍ୟ ପତିତ ହେଉ।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मशापः: Brahmā’s curse
• ब्रह्मशापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः शापः

• रुद्रशापः: Rudra’s curse
• रुद्रशापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• विष्णुशापः: Viṣṇu’s curse
• विष्णुशापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘thus/also’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक) = emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = conjunction ‘and’

• द्विजशापः: a brāhmaṇa’s (twice-born’s) curse
• द्विजशापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: द्विजस्य शापः

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थ) = ‘also’

• भूयात्: may it befall/may it happen
• भूयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आशीर्लिङ्/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विलुम्पतः: of one who destroys/plunders
• विलुम्पतः: Sambandha (Genitive agent/कर्तृ-षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लुप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive, Singular; ‘of (one) who is destroying/plundering’

Speaker

Narrator voice within Lomaharṣaṇa’s telling (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn pronouncement of curses: the cosmic triad and the twice-born stand as guardians; the sacred place is shown with a protective aura, while a shadowy figure of a would-be despoiler recoils.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Viṣṇu
• dvija (twice-born)
• sthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places must be protected; violating them is a grave adharma that invites powerful spiritual consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular ‘sthāna’ is defended, but its proper name is not included in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse functions as a protective imprecation against desecration.