Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सापि हृष्टा भगवती शापस्यानुग्रहे वृता

Transliteration

sāpi hṛṣṭā bhagavatī śāpasyānugrahe vṛtā

Translation

แม้พระภควตีเองก็ทรงยินดี และทรงแน่วแน่ที่จะเปลี่ยนคำสาปให้เป็นพระกรุณา

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• hṛṣṭā: delighted
• hṛṣṭā: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhagavatī: the revered goddess
• bhagavatī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सा’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• śāpasya: of the curse
• śāpasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• anugrahe: in (the matter of) the favor/relief
• anugrahe: Adhikarana (Regarding/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• vṛtā: resolved/engaged (in granting it)
• vṛtā: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vṛ (धातु) → vṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘chosen/accepted/engaged’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess, joyful, inwardly resolves to convert the curse into blessing—an interior moment of luminous determination.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śāpa (curse)
• Anugraha (grace)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is the higher meaning of divine power: what appears as punishment may be redirected into upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though the verse itself is not topographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the goddess’s pleased resolve regarding the curse’s outcome.