Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ततो निवृत्तः शापाच्च तस्या वचनगौरवात् । तत्याज पादयोरंभः पादौ कल्मषतां गतौ

Transliteration

tato nivṛttaḥ śāpācca tasyā vacanagauravāt | tatyāja pādayoraṃbhaḥ pādau kalmaṣatāṃ gatau

Translation

แล้วด้วยความเคารพในถ้อยคำของนาง เขาจึงละเว้นจากการสาป และปล่อยน้ำนั้นลงบนเท้าของตนเอง; ครั้นแล้วเท้าทั้งสองก็เศร้าหมองเป็นมลทิน

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/कालवाचक (from then/thereafter)

• निवृत्तः: (he) desisted
• निवृत्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘निवृत्तः’ = desisted/turned back

• शापात्: from the curse / from cursing
• शापात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

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

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वचनगौरवात्: because of the authority of her words
• वचनगौरवात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक) + गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वचनस्य गौरवम्) = due to the weight/authority of (her) words

• तत्याज: abandoned, let go
• तत्याज: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पादयोः: of (his) feet
• पादयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• अम्भः: water
• अम्भः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here as कर्म (object) of ‘तत्याज’

• पादौ: the two feet
• पादौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), द्विवचन

• कल्मषताम्: defilement, impurity
• कल्मषताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्मषता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘कल्मषताम्’ = state(s) of impurity/defilement

• गतौ: having become, having gone into
• गतौ: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘गतौ’ = having gone/come to

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic recounting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king lowers his hands; the cupped water spills onto his own feet. A visible darkening/taint symbolically spreads over the feet while the guru remains composed and Madayantī watches anxiously.

Characters & Entities

• King
• Madayantī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when wrongdoing is halted, the momentum of anger can leave a residue; dharma requires inner purification, not only stopping the act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse explains an etymological/narrative cause for the king’s later epithet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse shows a ritual gesture: water held for a speech-act (curse) is released; here it falls on the feet, symbolically bearing the taint.