Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

शापांतं कुरु मे नाथ बालिशाया विशेषतः । मानुषत्वं च मे भूयात्सुस्थाने सुकुले विभो

Transliteration

śāpāṃtaṃ kuru me nātha bāliśāyā viśeṣataḥ | mānuṣatvaṃ ca me bhūyātsusthāne sukule vibho

Translation

“‘ข้าแต่นาถ โปรดให้คำสาปของข้าพเจ้าสิ้นสุดลง โดยเฉพาะเพราะข้าพเจ้าเขลา และข้าแต่วิโภ โปรดให้กำเนิดเป็นมนุษย์ของข้าพเจ้าอยู่ในสถานที่อันดี และในตระกูลอันสูงส่ง’”

Word by Word

• शापान्तम्: end of the curse
• शापान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शापस्य अन्तः)

• कुरु: make/do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: my/for me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (enclitic)

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• बालिशायाः: of (me) the foolish/naive (woman)
• बालिशायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāliśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; विशेषण (of me implied)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (especially)

• मानुषत्वम्: human-ness / human state
• मानुषत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: my/for me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (enclitic)

• भूयात्: may it be
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुस्थाने: in a good place
• सुस्थाने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सु + स्थान)

• सुकुले: in a good family
• सुकुले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सु + कुल)

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Audumbarī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Audumbarī, acknowledging her foolishness, pleads to end the curse and asks that her human birth occur in a good place and noble family—hands folded, eyes lowered, voice steady with hope.

Characters & Entities

• Audumbarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and repentance reorient karma; one prays for a dharmic setting to pursue purification and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified here; the request for a ‘good place’ foreshadows a sacred-geography resolution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly—this is a supplication for the curse’s termination and auspicious rebirth.