Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ज्ञात्वा च तत्सर्वमिदं सुराणां कृत्यं तदानीं च चुकोप साध्वी । ददौ सती शापमतीव रुष्टा तदा सुवर्चा ऋषिवर्यपत्नी

Transliteration

jñātvā ca tatsarvamidaṃ surāṇāṃ kṛtyaṃ tadānīṃ ca cukopa sādhvī | dadau satī śāpamatīva ruṣṭā tadā suvarcā ṛṣivaryapatnī

Translation

ครั้นนางรู้แจ้งการกระทำทั้งมวลที่เหล่าเทวะได้ก่อไว้ในกาลนั้น สตรีผู้ทรงศีลก็เดือดดาลยิ่งนัก สุวรรจา ภรรยาของมหาฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐ จึงเปล่งวาจาสาปด้วยความกริ้วอย่างแรงกล้า

Word by Word

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) = ‘having known’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = ‘and’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘that’ (qualifying सर्वम्)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘this’ (appositional)

• सुराणाम्: of the gods
• सुराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कृत्यम्: task
• कृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘duty/act to be done’

• तदानीम्: then
• तदानीम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = ‘at that time/then’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• चुकोप: became angry
• चुकोप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘became angry’

• साध्वी: the virtuous lady
• साध्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘virtuous woman’

• ददौ: gave/uttered
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘gave/uttered’

• सती: the chaste woman
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अस्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle used as noun); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘the chaste/true woman’

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अतीव: very
• अतीव: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक) = ‘exceedingly’

• रुष्टा: angry
• रुष्टा: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √रुष्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘angered’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = ‘then’

• सुवर्चा: Suvarcā
• सुवर्चा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्चा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ऋषि-वर्य-पत्नी: wife of the foremost sage
• ऋषि-वर्य-पत्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः: ‘ऋषिवर्यस्य पत्नी’ (wife of the best sage)

Speaker

Lomaśa (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Suvarcā, having understood the devas’ deed, stands firm with blazing ascetic energy; her posture is upright, eyes intense, hand raised in pronouncing a curse; the air seems charged.

Characters & Entities

• Suvarcā
• Devas
• Dadhīci (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even ‘right ends’ invite scrutiny of means; dharma includes compassion and accountability, not only outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative continues; the verse is ethical-narrative rather than tirtha-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records a śāpa (curse) as a narrative consequence.