Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्मादेष मया शप्तो यज्ञविघ्नकरो मम । नाहमस्य हरिष्यामि राक्षसत्वं कथंचन

Transliteration

tasmādeṣa mayā śapto yajñavighnakaro mama | nāhamasya hariṣyāmi rākṣasatvaṃ kathaṃcana

Translation

เพราะเหตุนั้น เราจึงสาปเขาไว้ว่าเป็นผู้ก่ออุปสรรคแก่ยัญพิธีของเรา และเราจะไม่ถอนสภาวะยักษ์ (รากษส) ของเขาไม่ว่าด้วยวิธีใด

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Reason/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एषः: this one
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुँलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शप्तः: cursed
• शप्तः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप्त (शप्/शप्-शापे धातु + क्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुँलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (एषः इति)

• यज्ञ-विघ्न-करः: one who causes obstacles to sacrifices
• यज्ञ-विघ्न-करः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य विघ्नः तं करोति)

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

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

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

• अस्य: of him; his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिष्यामि: will remove; will take away
• हरिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राक्षसत्वम्: demonhood
• राक्षसत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथंचन: in any way; at all
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वथा/कदाचनार्थक निपात (at all; in any way)

Speaker

Prasthātṛ (the sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage declares the curse irrevocable for now: the offender is marked as a yajña-obstructor; the assembly reacts—Pitāmaha concerned, the cursed one despondent, the sage unwavering.

Characters & Entities

• Prasthātṛ
• Pitāmaha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions that disrupt sacred rites carry severe repercussions; the moral order in Purāṇas treats yajña-dharma as highly protected.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the narrative framework leading to tīrtha-related resolution elsewhere in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it declares the curse linked to yajña-vighna and refusal to revoke it.