Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

अद्य ज्ञातं मया सर्वं पूर्ववृत्तं महामुने । गौतमः शापकाले मे शापांतमपि चोक्तवान्

Transliteration

adya jñātaṃ mayā sarvaṃ pūrvavṛttaṃ mahāmune | gautamaḥ śāpakāle me śāpāṃtamapi coktavān

Translation

เขากล่าวว่า “วันนี้ โอ้มหามุนี ข้าพเจ้าได้รู้เรื่องราวในอดีตของตนทั้งหมดแล้ว เมื่อครั้งท่านโคตมะสาปข้าพเจ้า ท่านยังได้บอกถึงกาลสิ้นสุดแห่งคำสาปด้วย”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• ज्ञातम्: known/understood
• ज्ञातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (it is known)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (ज्ञातम् इत्यस्य कर्म)

• पूर्ववृत्तम्: the earlier event/account
• पूर्ववृत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पूर्वं वृत्तम्)

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महान् + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शापकाले: at the time of the curse
• शापकाले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शापस्य कालः)

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

• शापान्तम्: the end of the curse
• शापान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शापस्य अन्तः)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• उक्तवान्: had said/told
• उक्तवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (परिपूर्णभूतार्थ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि (he had said)

Speaker

Bhadra (the Yakṣa, formerly lion, addressing Dhyānakāṣṭha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Yakṣa-form speaker addresses the sage with earnestness, recounting that he now understands his former history and that Gautama had foretold the end-condition of the curse.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Dhyānakāṣṭha
• Bhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic suffering is not random; dharma also provides a path and a time for release (śāpānta) when conditions mature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named; the Setukhaṇḍa frame implies a sacred landscape where redemption narratives unfold.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it references foreknowledge of the curse’s termination.