Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

राजानं राक्षसाकारं शापास्त्रेण जघान तम् । रेरे पार्थिव पापात्मंस्त्वया मे भक्षितः पतिः

Transliteration

rājānaṃ rākṣasākāraṃ śāpāstreṇa jaghāna tam | rere pārthiva pāpātmaṃstvayā me bhakṣitaḥ patiḥ

Translation

เมื่อนางเห็นพระราชาในร่างรากษส นางจึงฟาดฟันเขาด้วยอาวุธแห่งคำสาป "กษัตริย์ผู้ชั่วช้า ผู้มีจิตใจบาปหนา ท่านได้กินสามีของข้าไปแล้ว!"

Word by Word

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• राक्षसाकारम्: having a demon-like form
• राक्षसाकारम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राक्षस + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (राजानम्)

• शापास्त्रेण: with a curse-weapon
• शापास्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• जघान: struck/killed
• जघान: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रे: hey!
• रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• रे: hey!
• रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (पुनरुक्ति)

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापात्मन्: O evil-souled one
• पापात्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव (पापः आत्मा यस्य)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana/Agent (Instrumental agent/तृतीया-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भक्षितः: has been eaten/devoured
• भक्षितः: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थे (पतिḥ इति कर्तृस्थाने)

• पतिः: husband
• पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grief-stricken brāhmaṇa-wife confronts a king in a rākṣasa-like form and strikes him with a curse-weapon; her face shows wrath and sorrow, while the king recoils in fear and shame.

Characters & Entities

• rājā (king)
• viprasatī (chaste brāhmaṇa woman)
• pati (husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma—especially violence and transgression against the innocent—invites immediate karmic retribution, and the power of a pativratā’s truth can act as a ‘curse-weapon’.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-narrative leading into later expiation themes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it presents the moral cause (sin) that later necessitates expiation.