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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

उलूक उवाच । शृणु तेऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि दीर्घायुर्मे यथा स्थितम् । महेश्वरप्रसादेन बिल्वपत्रार्चनान्मया । उलूकत्वं मया प्राप्तं भृगोः शापान्महात्मनः

Transliteration

ulūka uvāca | śṛṇu te'haṃ pravakṣyāmi dīrghāyurme yathā sthitam | maheśvaraprasādena bilvapatrārcanānmayā | ulūkatvaṃ mayā prāptaṃ bhṛgoḥ śāpānmahātmanaḥ

Translation

อูลูกะกล่าวว่า “จงฟังเถิด ข้าจะบอกท่านว่าอายุยืนของข้าดำรงมาอย่างไร ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งพระมหेशวร—ด้วยการบูชาด้วยใบมะตูม (บิลวะ)—ข้าจึงได้อายุยืนนี้ แต่ความเป็นนกฮูกนั้นข้าได้รับเพราะคำสาปของมหาตมะภฤคุ”

Word by Word
ulūkaḥthe owl (Ulūka)
ulūkaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootulūka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
śṛṇulisten
śṛṇu:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
teto you/your
te:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
pravakṣyāmiwill tell
pravakṣyāmi:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra+vac (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
dīrghāyuḥlong life
dīrghāyuḥ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdīrghāyus (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)
memy
me:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
yathāas, how
yathā:
Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, सम्बन्ध/प्रकारवाचक (correlative adverb: 'as/how')
sthitamsituated/obtained
sthitam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthita (कृदन्त; √sthā)
Formभूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'स्थित' = 'being/remaining'
maheśvara-prasādenaby the grace of Maheśvara
maheśvara-prasādena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmaheśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Maheśvarasya prasādaḥ)
bilva-patra-arcanaātfrom worship with bilva leaves
bilva-patra-arcanaāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootbilva (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (bilvapatrāṇāṃ arcanam)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
ulūkatvamowl-hood, the state of being an owl
ulūkatvam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootulūka (प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (तद्धित)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक तद्धित (-त्व)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
prāptamobtained
prāptam:
Kriya (Result/क्रिया-फल)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāpta (कृदन्त; √āp with pra-)
Formभूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थं
bhṛgoḥof Bhṛgu
bhṛgoḥ:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
śāpātfrom the curse
śāpāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootśāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन
mahātmanaḥof the great-souled (sage)
mahātmanaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; विशेषणं 'भृगोः'
Speaker

Ulūka

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ulūka narrates: a vision of past worship—hands offering bilva leaves at a Śiva-liṅga—intercut with the shadow of Bhṛgu’s curse transforming him into an owl.

Characters & Entities
U
Ulūka
M
Maheśvara (Śiva)
B
Bhṛgu

FAQs

Divine grace grants boons through devotion (bilva worship of Śiva), yet one must also bear the moral force of a sage’s curse—both merit and fault mature as results.

The chapter is within a tīrtha-māhātmya setting, but this verse specifically glorifies Śiva-worship with bilva leaves rather than naming a particular site.

Bilvapatra-arcana (offering bilva leaves to Maheśvara/Śiva) is indicated as a powerful devotional act associated with divine favor.

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