Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

इत्यहं मुनिशापेन तदाप्रभृति पर्वते । हिमाचले बको भूत्वा काश्यपेयो वसामि च

Transliteration

ityahaṃ muniśāpena tadāprabhṛti parvate | himācale bako bhūtvā kāśyapeyo vasāmi ca

Translation

ดังนี้ ด้วยคำสาปของมุนี ตั้งแต่นั้นมา ข้าพเจ้าพำนักอยู่ ณ ภูเขาหิมาจล และเมื่อกลายเป็นนกกระเรียน ข้าพเจ้า—กาศยเปยะ—ก็ยังดำรงอยู่ที่นี่

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुनिशापेन: by the sage’s curse
• मुनिशापेन: Karana (Cause/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनेः शापः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Apadana (Ablatival sense/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition-like: ‘from…onwards’)

• पर्वते: on/in the mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• हिमाचले: in Himālaya
• हिमाचले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हिमस्य अचलः)

• बकः: a crane/heron
• बकः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• काश्यपेयः: a descendant of Kaśyapa
• काश्यपेयः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यपेय (प्रातिपदिक; patronymic from कश्यप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल/present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Nāḍījaṃgha-baka (the crane, speaking of his cursed state)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himācala (general sacred Himalaya)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crane stands near a cold mountain stream beneath snowy peaks; the being’s eyes carry memory and sorrow; distant hermitages dot the slopes.

Characters & Entities

• Himācala
• Kaśyapa (via Kāśyapeya)
• Muni (unnamed sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic consequence is immediate and tangible: even the learned can fall by a sage’s displeasure, yet continued dwelling in a sacred region keeps the door open to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Himācala (the Himālaya) is indicated as a sanctifying sacred landscape where transformative narratives unfold.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it primarily establishes the sacred setting and the consequence of a curse.