Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततस्तां सा समालोक्य रशनासमलंकृताम् । दौर्भाग्यदुःखमापन्ना शशाप च विधिं ततः

Transliteration

tatastāṃ sā samālokya raśanāsamalaṃkṛtām | daurbhāgyaduḥkhamāpannā śaśāpa ca vidhiṃ tataḥ

Translation

ครั้นแล้วนางทอดพระเนตรเห็นหญิงนั้นประดับด้วยรัดประคด สาวิตรีถูกความทุกข์แห่งเคราะห์ร้ายครอบงำ จึงสาปแช่งวิธิ (พระพรหม) ในบัดนั้น

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

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

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समालोक्य: having seen
• समालोक्य: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-लोक्य (कृदन्त; √लोक् (धातु) सम्/आ- उपसर्ग)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव), अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)

• रशनासमलंकृताम्: adorned with a girdle
• रशनासमलंकृताम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रशना (प्रातिपदिक) + समलंकृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) सम्-आ-लङ्कृ/अलङ्कृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ताम्); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (रशनया समलंकृता)

• दौर्भाग्यदुःखम्: the sorrow of misfortune
• दौर्भाग्यदुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौर्भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दौर्भाग्यस्य दुःखम्)

• आपन्ना: became afflicted / fell into
• आपन्ना: Kriya (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपन्न (कृदन्त; √आपद् (धातु) आ- उपसर्ग)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having fallen into/afflicted’ (predicate to सा)

• शशाप: cursed
• शशाप: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• विधिम्: Brahmā / the Ordainer
• विधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Savitrī sees the bride with a girdle (raśanā), a sign of marital status; her face tightens with sorrow and indignation; she utters a curse toward Vidhi (Brahmā), the air charged with mantra-like force.

Characters & Entities

• Savitrī
• Brahmā (Vidhi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays the moral gravity of betrayal and public ritual impropriety, where adharma triggers immediate karmic consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The curse episode functions as a theological backdrop; the chapter’s tīrtha significance is disclosed through the full māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the emotional and ethical turning point leading to a curse.