Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तेषां बलाच्च पार्वत्याः शापभारेण यन्त्रितः । तां नित्यमेवानुनयन्नृचे सोवाच शंकरम्

Transliteration

teṣāṃ balācca pārvatyāḥ śāpabhāreṇa yantritaḥ | tāṃ nityamevānunayannṛce sovāca śaṃkaram

Translation

ด้วยความเร่งรัดของพวกเขา และถูกผูกมัดด้วยภาระหนักแห่งคำสาปของพระปารวตี เขาจึงพยายามปลอบประโลมนางอยู่เสมอ; แล้วด้วยฤจ (ṛc) อันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ เขาจึงกราบทูลต่อพระศังกร

Word by Word

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

• बलात्: due to (their) force
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक निपात (conjunction)

• पार्वत्याः: of Pārvatī
• पार्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शाप-भारेण: by the burden of the curse
• शाप-भारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: शापस्य भारः

• यन्त्रितः: restrained; bound
• यन्त्रितः: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यन्त्र्/यम् (धातु; causative sense 'to restrain')
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अनुनयन्: conciliating; appeasing
• अनुनयन्: Karta (Concurrent action/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√नी (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ऋचे: with a hymn/verse
• ऋचे: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (वैदिक/छान्दस रूप)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (Addressee/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava (continuing narration; implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A figure burdened by an unseen curse (dark aura) repeatedly bows to Devī; then, holding a palm-leaf or in a Vedic posture, chants an ṛc and turns to address Śaṅkara, who listens gravely.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Devāḥ (implied as 'they')
• Ṛc (Vedic verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When bound by the consequences of a curse, reconciliation through humility, appeasement, and sacred speech (mantra/stuti) is upheld as dharmic conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is stated in this verse; it supports the larger tīrtha narrative context of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of an ṛc (Vedic verse) as a form of stuti/propitiation is implied.