Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मत्कृते येऽत्र शपिता सावित्र्या ब्राह्मणाः सुराः । तेषामहं करिष्यामि शक्त्या साधारणां स्वयम्

Transliteration

matkṛte ye'tra śapitā sāvitryā brāhmaṇāḥ surāḥ | teṣāmahaṃ kariṣyāmi śaktyā sādhāraṇāṃ svayam

Translation

บรรดาพราหมณ์และเทวะที่ ณ ที่นี้ถูกสาวิตรีสาปเพราะเหตุแห่งเรา เราจักใช้ศักติของตนเองทำให้สภาพของเขาทั้งหลายเป็น ‘สาธารณะ’ คือผ่อนเบาและให้ร่วมรับได้

Word by Word

• मत्कृते: for my sake
• मत्कृते: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मम कृते = for my sake)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• शपिताः: cursed
• शपिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śap (धातु) + śapita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (cursed)

• सावित्र्या: by Sāvitrī
• सावित्र्या: Karana/Agent (by whom; instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सुराः: gods; divine beings
• सुराः: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ब्राह्मणाः इति समानाधिकरण

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: will make; will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शक्त्या: by (my) power
• शक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• साधारणाम्: common; shared (state)
• साधारणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (अर्थे) ‘साधारणां (स्थितिं/गतिं)’ इति लुप्त-शब्दान्वय

• स्वयम्: myself
• स्वयम्: Karta-nirdeshaka (Agent-emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मकर्तृवाचक (by oneself)

Speaker

Gāyatrī (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: suras and brāhmaṇas present in the episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gāyatrī speaks with firm compassion: those brāhmaṇas and gods cursed because of her will have their condition made ‘sādhāraṇa’ by her power; the assembly shifts from fear to relief.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Sāvitrī
• Brāhmaṇas
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When harm arises indirectly through oneself, dharma calls for taking responsibility and seeking a compassionate remedy within the bounds of truth.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The action unfolds within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; it describes a divine adjustment of consequences rather than a human rite.