Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

रे भिक्षो भविता शापात्सर्वभक्षो ममाशु वै । अनेन रेतसा सद्यः पीडां प्राप्स्यसि सर्वतः

Transliteration

re bhikṣo bhavitā śāpātsarvabhakṣo mamāśu vai | anena retasā sadyaḥ pīḍāṃ prāpsyasi sarvataḥ

Translation

“โอ้ภิกษุ! ด้วยคำสาปของเรา เจ้าจักกลายเป็นผู้กินได้ทุกสิ่งโดยเร็ว และด้วยเรตัส (เชื้อ) นี้ เจ้าจักได้รับความทุกข์ทรมานโดยฉับพลันจากทุกทิศ”

Word by Word

• रे: hey!
• रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक अव्यय (interjection/vocative particle)

• भिक्षो: O beggar
• भिक्षो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• भविता: will become
• भविता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• शापात्: because of the curse
• शापात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन

• सर्वभक्षः: eater of everything
• सर्वभक्षः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + भक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वं भक्षयति इति)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शीघ्रार्थक (adverb)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• रेतसा: with semen
• रेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तत्क्षणार्थक (immediately)

• पीडाम्: pain, affliction
• पीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will obtain/experience
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• सर्वतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सर्वदिक्/सर्वप्रकारार्थक (from all sides/everywhere)

Speaker

Girijā (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on Girijā’s commanding stance as she addresses the ‘beggar’; her words appear as fiery syllables; Agni’s form trembles, foreshadowing affliction.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Agni (implied as the bhikṣu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions bring inevitable consequence; even cosmic forces are shaped by moral law expressed through curse and boon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting associates the episode with Kedāra’s sacred Śaiva geography, though no single tirtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is etiological, explaining a divine condition rather than prescribing a practice.