Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कुपितेन च तेनोक्तं शूद्रयोनौ भविष्यसि

Transliteration

kupitena ca tenoktaṃ śūdrayonau bhaviṣyasi

Translation

कुपितेन च तेनोक्तं—शूद्रयोनौ भविष्यसि ॥

Word by Word

• कुपितेन: by the angry (sage)
• कुपितेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित (प्रातिपदिक; √कुप्-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — ‘कुपितेन’ (by the angry one)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — and

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — ‘तेन’ (by him)

• उक्तम्: was said
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Impersonal predicate/भावे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘उक्तम्’ (said/uttered) (impersonal: ‘it was said’)

• शूद्रयोनौ: in a Śūdra womb
• शूद्रयोनौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र-योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘शूद्रयोनौ’ (in a Śūdra womb/birth); समासः तत्पुरुषः (शूद्रस्य योनि:)

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘भविष्यसि’ (you will become)

Speaker

Dharmarāja (continuing his statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flashback-like depiction: the ascetic Māṇḍavya, stern and angered, pronounces the curse; Dharmarāja receives it with shock and restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja (Yama)
• Māṇḍavya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Words spoken in anger can bind as a curse; purāṇic narratives stress restraint and the moral weight of speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this line; it serves the curse-removal storyline within the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this verse states the content of the curse.