Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान्गतश्चादर्शनं ततः । धर्मराजोऽपि तं शापं भेजे मांडव्यसंभवम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā sa bhagavāngataścādarśanaṃ tataḥ | dharmarājo'pi taṃ śāpaṃ bheje māṃḍavyasaṃbhavam

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าก็อันตรธานจากสายตาไป และธรรมราชก็ได้เสวยคำสาปซึ่งเกิดจากมานฑวยะด้วย

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus’

• uktvā: having spoken
• uktvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having said’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’ (finite sense with implied ‘abhavat’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• adarśanam: out of sight, invisibility
• adarśanam: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म (to invisibility/out of sight)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• dharmarājaḥ: Dharmarāja (Yama)
• dharmarājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘धर्मस्य राजा’

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘also/even’

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śāpam: curse
• śāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• bheje: accepted, underwent
• bheje: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhaj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी; ‘accepted/underwent’

• māṃḍavyasaṃbhavam: arising from Māṇḍavya
• māṃḍavyasaṃbhavam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māṃḍavya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘माण्डव्यस्य सम्भवः’ (originating from Māṇḍavya), विशेषणम् (qualifying śāpam)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; verse reports events after the Lord’s speech)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity (the Lord) finishes speaking and dissolves into light; Dharmarāja stands contemplative, accepting the weight of Māṇḍavya’s curse—cosmic justice rendered without anger.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Dharmarāja
• Māṇḍavya
• śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic authorities are bound by dharma’s moral causality; a curse narrative underscores ethical inevitability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya contextualizes this origin-story as part of the kṣetra’s sanctified tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative, marking the transition to the curse’s unfolding.