Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तस्य वै कुपितः शंभुर्नाशयेद्ब्रह्मवर्चसम् । रौरवं कालसूत्राख्यं नरकं चास्य दास्यति

Transliteration

tasya vai kupitaḥ śaṃbhurnāśayedbrahmavarcasam | rauravaṃ kālasūtrākhyaṃ narakaṃ cāsya dāsyati

Translation

เมื่อชัมภูกริ้ว เขาย่อมทำลายรัศมีเกียรติแห่งพราหมณ์ของผู้นั้น และยังส่งเขาไปสู่นรกชื่อ เรารวะ และ กาลสูตระ ด้วย

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• कुपितः: angered
• कुपितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित (कृदन्त; √कुप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• नाशयेत्: would destroy
• नाशयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश्/नाशय् (धातु; causative of √नश्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

• ब्रह्मवर्चसम्: brahmanical lustre/holy radiance
• ब्रह्मवर्चसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मवर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: ब्रह्मन् + वर्चस्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• रौरवम्: Raurava (a hell)
• रौरवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• कालसूत्राख्यम्: called Kālasūtra
• कालसूत्राख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालसूत्र + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कालसूत्र (नाम) + आख्य (called); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (neut. acc. sg.)

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

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

• अस्य: to him/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• दास्यति: will give/assign
• दास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu, wrathful at the negligent person, withdraws brahmanical splendor; the imagery turns to terrifying hell-realms—Raurava and Kālasūtra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Brahma-varcasa
• Raurava Naraka
• Kālasūtra Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglect of obligatory dharma—especially ancestral rites—can lead to loss of spiritual merit and severe post-death consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The warning occurs within Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu-kṣetra Mahātmya context, emphasizing the seriousness of rites at the sacred Setu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, do not omit Mahālaya śrāddha (particularly the Dvitīyā observance referenced immediately prior), lest such consequences arise.