Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । यदि यास्यति नो दृष्टिं मम द्राक्स रघूत्तमः । शापं दत्त्वा कुलं सर्वं तद्धक्ष्यामि न संशयः

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | yadi yāsyati no dṛṣṭiṃ mama drāksa raghūttamaḥ | śāpaṃ dattvā kulaṃ sarvaṃ taddhakṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ทุรวาสากล่าวว่า “หากผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์รฆุไม่มาปรากฏต่อหน้าข้าโดยฉับพลัน ข้าจะประกาศคำสาปแล้วเผาผลาญทั้งตระกูลของเขาเสีย มิอาจสงสัยได้”

Word by Word

• durvāsāḥ: Durvāsā
• durvāsāḥ: Kartā (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (ऋषिनाम)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Hetu/Śarta (Condition marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-निर्देशक (conditional 'if')

• yāsyati: will go; will come
• yāsyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen. 6) बहुवचन (our) / वा चतुर्थी (Dat. 4) बहुवचन; अत्र 'naḥ dṛṣṭim' इति—सम्बन्ध (our sight)

• dṛṣṭim: sight; presence
• dṛṣṭim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• drāk: immediately
• drāk: Kāla-viśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/कालविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: drāk (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: immediately)

• raghūttamaḥ: the best of the Raghus (Rama)
• raghūttamaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'raghūṇām uttamaḥ'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śāpam: a curse
• śāpam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having given/uttered'

• kulam: family; lineage
• kulam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvam: entire
• sarvam: Karman-anvaya (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; kulam विशेषण

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object reference/कर्मनिर्देश)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; kulam प्रति निर्देश

• dhakṣyāmi: I will burn
• dhakṣyāmi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Pratijñā/Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Durvāsā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, blazing with ascetic fury, declares that if Rāma does not appear immediately, he will curse and burn the entire lineage; the air feels charged with tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Raghūttama (Rāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores atithi-satkāra (honoring a guest-sage) and the grave karmic weight attributed to insulting or delaying a powerful ṛṣi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame, but this specific line focuses on the ethical crisis (dharma) rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on immediate audience and proper reception of the sage.