Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततो गौरी सुदुःखार्ता शशाप त्रिदशालयान्

Transliteration

tato gaurī suduḥkhārtā śaśāpa tridaśālayān

Translation

ਤਦੋਂ ਗੌਰੀ ਅਤਿ ਦੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਪੀੜਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਦਸ਼ਾਲਯਾਂ—ਸੁਰਗਵਾਸੀ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ—ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਪ ਦੇ ਬੈਠੀ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/काल-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb: "then/thereupon"

• गौरी: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुदुःखार्ता: greatly afflicted with sorrow
• सुदुःखार्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्ता (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ऋ/आर्द् भावे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) गौरी-शब्दस्य

• शशाप: cursed
• शशाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिदशालयान्: the abodes of the gods (lit. thirty-gods’ dwellings)
• त्रिदशालयान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī, overwhelmed with sorrow, pronounces a curse upon the assembled gods; her grief radiates as fierce śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Pārvatī
• Devas (Tridaśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespecting the divine feminine and disrupting sacred harmony leads to consequences; dharma requires reverence and right conduct toward Devī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is embedded in Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s praise-context of the Arbuda sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.