Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ते प्रहस्यैव हारीतः प्राब्रवीदिदम् । तवैवेयं मुने हानिर्यदस्माञ्छपते भवान्

Transliteration

evamukte prahasyaiva hārītaḥ prābravīdidam | tavaiveyaṃ mune hāniryadasmāñchapate bhavān

Translation

ఇలా అనగానే హారీతుడు నవ్వుతూ పలికాడు—‘ఓ మునీ, ఈ నష్టం నీదే; ఎందుకంటే మమ్మల్ని శపిస్తున్నది నీవే కదా।’

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thus’

• ukte: when it was said
• ukte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; क्त (PPP) — ‘when (it was) said’ (locative absolute)

• prahasya: having laughed
• prahasya: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra + has (धातु) → prahasya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive) — ‘having laughed’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक)

• hārītaḥ: Hārīta (sage)
• hārītaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hārīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (proper noun)

• prābravīt: said, spoke forth
• prābravīt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + brū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Genitive singular)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक)

• iyam: this
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• hāniḥ: loss, harm
• hāniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yat: because, that
• yat: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् सम्बन्धबोधक (relative particle) — ‘since/because/that’

• asmān: us
• asmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• śapate: curses
• śapate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śap (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhavān: you (sir)
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम (honorific ‘you’)

Speaker

Hārīta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of the narration; immediate interlocutor is Hārīta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hārīta smiles/laughs gently, palms relaxed, replying to an angry sage; the contrast between heat (anger) and cool (composure) is visually central.

Characters & Entities

• Hārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger expressed as a curse rebounds upon the curser; self-control is itself dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral-dharma instruction within the Kaumārikā narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse focuses on the ethical consequence of śāpa (cursing).