Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

शापस्यान्तः कथमभूद्ब्रह्मणा शप्तयोस्तयोः । एतन्नः श्रद्दधानानां विस्तराद्वक्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

śāpasyāntaḥ kathamabhūdbrahmaṇā śaptayostayoḥ | etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ vistarādvaktumarhasi

Translation

คำสาปของทั้งสองผู้ถูกพระพรหมสาปนั้นสิ้นสุดลงได้อย่างไร? พวกเรารับฟังด้วยศรัทธา ขอท่านโปรดกล่าวเล่าแก่เราโดยพิสดารเถิด

Word by Word

• शापस्य: of the curse
• शापस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अन्तः: end/termination
• अन्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Question adverb (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• अभूत्: became/occurred
• अभूत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Kartr/Agent (कर्ता—passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• शप्तयोः: of the two who were cursed
• शप्तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle) ‘शप्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नः: of us / to us
• नः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रद्दधानानाम्: of us who are faithful/believing
• श्रद्दधानानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्+धा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त ‘श्रद्दधान’ (present participle, Ātmanepada sense); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• विस्तरात्: in detail
• विस्तरात्: Adverbial (रीति/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे—‘in detail’ (ablative of manner)

• वक्तुम्: to tell
• वक्तुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣayaḥ) addressing Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha (implied as the means of ending)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages with attentive faces and folded hands request a full account of how the curse ended; the narrator sits poised to unfold the story; the atmosphere is devotional and pedagogical.

Characters & Entities

• Sages (Ṛṣayaḥ)
• Sūta
• Brahmā
• Vidhūma
• Alambuṣā
• Cakratīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening (śraddhā) and seeking detailed understanding are portrayed as proper approaches to receiving tīrtha-māhātmya and dharmic teachings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question anticipates the explanation of liberation associated with Cakratīrtha in the Setukhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed here; it requests the full account of how the curse was ended (which, in context, involves tīrtha-snানা).