Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तदा वैवाहिके काले शप्तो यः शंभुना स्वयम् । सुनिंद्यां विकृतिं दृष्ट्वा तस्य वेद्यां गतस्य च

Transliteration

tadā vaivāhike kāle śapto yaḥ śaṃbhunā svayam | suniṃdyāṃ vikṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya vedyāṃ gatasya ca

Translation

అప్పుడు వివాహకాలంలో, స్వయంగా శంభువు శపించిన వాడు, యజ్ఞవేదిక వైపు వెళ్లుచుండగా అతని అత్యంత నింద్యమైన వికృతిని చూచి…

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time: then)

• vaivāhike: in the wedding (occasion)
• vaivāhike: Adhikaraṇa (Location/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaivāhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• śaptaḥ: cursed
• śaptaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śap (शप् धातु) > śapta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• śaṃbhunā: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhunā: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक (emphatic: oneself)

• suniṃdyāṃ: very blameworthy
• suniṃdyāṃ: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- + niṃdya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• vikṛtiṃ: deformity, abnormal change
• vikṛtiṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• vedyāṃ: on the altar
• vedyāṃ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• gatasya: of (him) who had gone
• gatasya: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) > gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

Speaker

Narrator (exact named speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: vedī/saṃskāra-sthala (ritual ground)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: During a wedding-sacrifice, a cursed person approaches the altar; a sudden deformity becomes visible, shocking onlookers; the sacred fire and vedī dominate the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic accounts frame bodily change and disgrace as consequences of prior actions and divine ordinance, urging humility and rectitude.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it provides narrative context within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A wedding-time ritual setting and movement toward the altar are referenced, but no specific prescription is stated.