Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जुगुप्सितेऽतो मानुष्ये मा कुरुध्वं मनोऽधुना । अतः शापावधिर्यावन्मद्वियोगो विषह्यताम्

Transliteration

jugupsite'to mānuṣye mā kurudhvaṃ mano'dhunā | ataḥ śāpāvadhiryāvanmadviyogo viṣahyatām

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น บัดนี้อย่าให้จิตไปยึดติดกับความเป็นมนุษย์อันน่ารังเกียจนี้ จนกว่ากำหนดแห่งคำสาปจะสิ้นสุด จงอดทนต่อการพรากจากเราเถิด

Word by Word

• jugupsite: in the detestable (condition)
• jugupsite: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gup (धातु) + jugupsita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the detestable (state)’ (mānuṣye qualifies)

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु-अव्यय (causal adverb) — ‘therefore/from this’

• mānuṣye: in the human state
• mānuṣye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in human (state)’

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-लोट्-निपात (prohibitive particle) — ‘do not’

• kurudhvaṃ: make; do
• kurudhvaṃ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘do/make’

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘mind’

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time) — ‘now’

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु-अव्यय (causal adverb) — ‘therefore’

• śāpa-avadhīḥ: the term/limit of the curse
• śāpa-avadhīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa-avadhī (प्रातिपदिक; शाप+अवधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः शापस्य अवधिः (तत्पुरुष) — ‘the limit/term of the curse’

• yāvat: until; as long as
• yāvat: Avadhi (Limit marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण-अव्यय/सम्बन्ध (correlative) — ‘as long as/until’

• mad-viyogaḥ: separation from me
• mad-viyogaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad-viyoga (प्रातिपदिक; mad=asmad-षष्ठी ‘my’ + viyoga)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः मम वियोगः (तत्पुरुष) — ‘separation from me’

• viṣahyatām: let it be endured
• viṣahyatām: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√sah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive) — ‘let it be endured’

Speaker

Vidhūma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: companions/retainers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidhūma counsels companions: do not set your minds on the loathsome human state; endure separation until the curse’s term ends—faces show grief held in discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhūma
• Attendants (bhṛtyāḥ)
• Brahmaśāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Endurance and restraint are dharmic strengths: one should not rush into suffering out of emotion, but bear hardship wisely until its karmic term is exhausted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in the verse; the Setukhaṇḍa framework generally relates to Setu/Rāmeśvaram and its sacred narratives.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.