Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 707

Devanagari script

तस्माद्विडंबितो यस्मादाश्रमोऽयं तपस्विनाम् । शिलारूपा च भवती तस्माद्भवतु कुत्सिता

Transliteration

tasmādviḍaṃbito yasmādāśramo'yaṃ tapasvinām | śilārūpā ca bhavatī tasmādbhavatu kutsitā

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น—ด้วยเหตุที่อาศรมของเหล่าฤๅษีผู้บำเพ็ญตบะนี้ถูกเยาะเย้ย และท่านได้แปรเป็นรูปดุจศิลา—ฉะนั้นขอให้ท่านเป็นผู้ถูกประณามและอัปมงคลเถิด

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः) — indeclinable ablatival adverb ‘therefore/from that’

• विडम्बितः: (is) mocked/derided
• विडम्बितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विडम्बित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √डम्ब्/विडम्ब् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle) — ‘mocked/derided’

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/यस्मात्-प्रयोगः) — indeclinable causal ‘because/since’

• आश्रमः: hermitage; āśrama
• आश्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• तपस्विनाम्: of ascetics
• तपस्विनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• शिलारूपा: having the form of stone
• शिलारूपा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिला (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थे ‘शिलाया रूपम्’ — ‘stone-formed’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भवती: you (lady)
• भवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — honorific 2nd-person pronoun used as noun ‘you (lady)’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः) — ‘therefore’

• भवतु: let (her) become/be
• भवतु: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘let (her) be’

• कुत्सिता: despised; vile
• कुत्सिता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुत्सित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कुत्स् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — ‘despised/condemned’

Speaker

Vipra (Brāhmaṇa sage) — curse utterance (deduced from Damayantī ‘vipra-śāpa’ context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wrathful ascetic or guardian of the hermitage pronounces a curse; the offender is shown turning rigid, stone-like, as the quiet forest-āśrama stands behind with kuśa grass, fire-altars, and deer watching.

Characters & Entities

• Āśrama (hermitage)
• Tapasvins (ascetics)
• Vipra (implied)
• Damayantī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of an āśrama and tapas is inviolable; disrespect toward ascetic spaces invites swift karmic consequence in Purāṇic ethics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse stresses āśrama sanctity; within the chapter’s framing it belongs to the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a juridical-ethical pronouncement (śāpa) rather than a ritual instruction.