Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

नाशं नीता वयं सर्वे सपुत्रपशुबाधवाः । तस्माच्छापं प्रदास्यामो वयं दुःखेन दुःखिताः

Transliteration

nāśaṃ nītā vayaṃ sarve saputrapaśubādhavāḥ | tasmācchāpaṃ pradāsyāmo vayaṃ duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ

Translation

"พวกเราทุกคนพินาศสิ้นแล้ว พร้อมทั้งบุตร ปศุสัตว์ และญาติพี่น้อง ดังนั้น ด้วยความโศกเศร้าเสียใจ พวกเราจะขอสาปแช่งท่าน"

Word by Word

• नाशम्: destruction, ruin
• नाशम्: Gati/Karma (Goal-object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नीताः: (we) have been led
• नीताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नीत (कृदन्त; √नी (धातु) ‘to lead’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त) — ‘led/brought’ (passive sense)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सपुत्रपशुबाधवाः: together with sons, cattle, and kinsmen
• सपुत्रपशुबाधवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय ‘with’) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पशु (प्रातिपदिक) + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुवचन-विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (सह-समासभाव) ‘with sons, cattle, and relatives’

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शापम्: a curse
• शापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रदास्यामः: we shall give/utter
• प्रदास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• दुःखेन: with sorrow
• दुःखेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुःखिताः: grieved, distressed
• दुःखिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (कृदन्त; √दुःख्/दुःखय् (धातु-भाव) ‘to cause pain/be pained’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त)

Speaker

Viprāḥ (Brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas lament their destroyed households; one holds a fallen child, another gestures toward dead cattle; their faces harden as they declare intent to curse.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Brāhmaṇas (Viprāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unaddressed suffering can turn into condemnation; dharma demands that harm done to the innocent be remedied.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the tīrtha-māhātmya of Nāgarakhaṇḍa (Adhyāya 71), associated with the sacred mountain Raktaśṛṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes the moral force of a brāhmaṇa’s curse within purāṇic narrative.