Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

एवं ताभ्यामहं शप्तो ह्यश्वत्थपर्णवद्भयात् । कंपमानः प्रणम्योभाववोचं तत्र दम्पती

Transliteration

evaṃ tābhyāmahaṃ śapto hyaśvatthaparṇavadbhayāt | kaṃpamānaḥ praṇamyobhāvavocaṃ tatra dampatī

Translation

ดังนี้เมื่อถูกทั้งสองสาปแล้ว เราสั่นด้วยความหวาดกลัวดุจใบต้นอัศวัตถะ ก้มกราบนอบน้อม และกล่าวถ้อยคำต่อสามีภรรยาคู่นั้น ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘thus’

• ताभ्याम्: by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन; ‘by those two (women)’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √शप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘cursed’

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• अश्वत्थपर्णवत्: like an aśvattha leaf
• अश्वत्थपर्णवत्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Simile/उपमान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्वत्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन-सम्भाव्य; उपमानवाचक ‘like an aśvattha leaf’

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान ‘from fear’

• कम्पमानः: trembling
• कम्पमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कम्प् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle, आत्मनेपद-भाव) ‘trembling’

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + √नम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive) = ‘having bowed’

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; ‘both (of them)’

• अवोचम्: I said
• अवोचम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = ‘there’

• दम्पती: the couple
• दम्पती: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक; दम्पति-शब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; ‘the couple’ (as object of प्रणम्य)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (first-person within the story)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The ascetic husband and wife (dampatī).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A frightened Śaiva attendant trembles like an aśvattha leaf, hands folded, bowing before a dignified ascetic couple; the air is charged with the aftermath of a curse.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fear of the consequences of adharma can awaken humility; bowing and seeking reconciliation is the first step toward correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the act is praṇāma (bowing) as a gesture of submission and remorse.