Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

ततः सती सा मत्स्पर्शदूषितांगी तपस्विनी । मया विमुक्ता स्नात्वा मां तथैवानुशशाप ह

Transliteration

tataḥ satī sā matsparśadūṣitāṃgī tapasvinī | mayā vimuktā snātvā māṃ tathaivānuśaśāpa ha

Translation

ครั้งนั้นสตรีฤๅษีผู้เป็นสตี—กายถูกแปดเปื้อนด้วยการสัมผัสของเรา—เมื่อเราปลดปล่อยแล้ว นางอาบน้ำชำระ และก็ได้กล่าวคำสาปแก่เราในทำนองเดิม

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb ‘then/thereafter’

• सती: the virtuous woman (Satī)
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (धातु √अस् ‘to be’) + क्तिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त/विशेषण ‘being, virtuous’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मत्स्पर्शदूषिताङ्गी: whose limbs were tainted by my touch
• मत्स्पर्शदूषिताङ्गी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम) + स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक) + दूषित (कृदन्त, √दूष्) + अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—‘मत्स्पर्शेन दूषितानि अङ्गानि यस्याः’ (षष्ठी/तृतीया-तत्पुरुष-प्राय)

• तपस्विनी: the ascetic woman
• तपस्विनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘by me’

• विमुक्ता: released, freed
• विमुक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + √मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) = ‘having bathed’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘thus/in that manner’

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अनुशशाप: cursed
• अनुशशाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + √शप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed (particle)
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (expletive/particle, narrative emphasis)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (first-person within the story)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant female ascetic, austere and composed, steps to water, bathes to remove the taint of unwanted touch, then turns with stern clarity to utter a curse; the offender stands aside, chastened.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and chastity are protected by tapas; violation brings immediate moral and spiritual consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; bathing (snāna) is mentioned without location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) is implied as purification after defilement.