Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

सुरा मांसान्नसत्कारैर्मंत्रैरागमसंभवैः । स भविष्यति तत्कालं शापानुग्रहशक्तिमान्

Transliteration

surā māṃsānnasatkārairmaṃtrairāgamasaṃbhavaiḥ | sa bhaviṣyati tatkālaṃ śāpānugrahaśaktimān

Translation

सुरा-मांस-अन्न-नैवेद्यैः सत्कारैश्च, आगमसमुद्भवैर्मन्त्रैः सह यः पूजकः पूजयति, स तत्क्षणमेव शापानुग्रहयोः शक्तिमान् भवति।

Word by Word

• सुरा: liquor, wine
• सुरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मांस: meat
• मांस: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• सत्कारैः: with honors, with respectful offerings
• सत्कारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• आगम: scriptural tradition, āgama
• आगम: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• संभवैः: arisen from (the) āgamas
• संभवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (आगम-सम्भव = āgama-born)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्कालम्: immediately, at that very time
• तत्कालम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-अव्यय/temporal adverb)

• शाप: curse
• शाप: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• अनुग्रह: favor, grace
• अनुग्रह: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• शक्तिमान्: possessing the power (to curse and bless)
• शक्तिमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्ति + मतुप् (प्रातिपदिक; मतुप्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समास: शाप-अनुग्रह-शक्तिमान् (having power of curse and favor)

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-time āgamic rite: offerings of madya, māṃsa, and anna placed before a fierce deity; mantra-recitation with ritual honors; the worshipper depicted gaining radiant authority (śāpa/anugraha-śakti).

Characters & Entities

• Āgamas (ritual scriptures)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual discipline tied to Āgamic mantra is presented as producing immediate potency—underscoring responsibility and restraint in spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is within a tīrtha-māhātmya, but the particular site is not named in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā using surā, māṃsa, anna, respectful honors, and Āgama-derived mantras is described, along with the declared result.