Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सत्येन तेन नो वैरी भस्मीभवतु ह क्षणात् । अनेन शाप मंत्रेण भस्मीभवति निश्चितम्

Transliteration

satyena tena no vairī bhasmībhavatu ha kṣaṇāt | anena śāpa maṃtreṇa bhasmībhavati niścitam

Translation

ด้วยสัจจะนั้น ขอให้ศัตรูของเรากลายเป็นเถ้าถ่านในบัดดล ด้วยมนตร์คำสาปนี้ เขาย่อมเป็นเถ้าถ่านแน่นอน—เป็นที่ยืนยัน

Word by Word

• satyena: by truth
• satyena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• tena: by that
• tena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (satyena)

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचन (genitive plural) / वा चतुर्थी (4th) बहुवचन; अत्र ‘अस्माकम्’ (our)

• vairī: enemy
• vairī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• bhasmī-bhavatu: let (him) become ashes
• bhasmī-bhavatu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhasmī-√bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘भस्मीभू’ नामधातु/संयुक्तक्रिया = become ashes

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• kṣaṇāt: in an instant
• kṣaṇāt: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान/काल-सीमा (from a moment; immediately)

• anena: by this
• anena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (mantrena)

• śāpa: of a curse / curse-
• śāpa: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (genitive) / समासपूर्वपद; अत्र ‘शाप-मन्त्रेण’ इति समासार्थे (curse-)

• maṃtreṇa: by a mantra
• maṃtreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• bhasmī-bhavati: becomes ashes
• bhasmī-bhavati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhasmī-√bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; becomes ashes

• niścitam: certainly
• niścitam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: niścita (√ci + nis) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अत्र वाक्ये क्रियाविशेषणवत् (indeclinable-like predicative: ‘certainly’)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (formulaic protective utterance, likely voiced by vipras within the rite)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripuruṣa-śālā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The guardians invoke truth-force: ‘By that truth, may our enemy become ashes instantly’; the curse-mantra is declared certain, as if fire itself answers the words.

Characters & Entities

• Satya (truth)
• Śāpa-mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Satya (truth) is depicted as a potent spiritual force; aligned with dharma, it empowers protective mantras against harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a protective formula safeguarding a sanctified precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of a śāpa-mantra grounded in satya to neutralize an aggressor—framed as immediate ash-making (bhasmīkaraṇa).