Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

शापोऽनुग्रहरूपोऽयं विशेषादर्बुदाचले । समीपे यस्य पुण्योऽस्ति महीसागरसंगमः

Transliteration

śāpo'nugraharūpo'yaṃ viśeṣādarbudācale | samīpe yasya puṇyo'sti mahīsāgarasaṃgamaḥ

Translation

Ang “sumpa” na ito ay tunay na anyo ng biyaya—lalo na sa Bundok Arbuda—na malapit sa banal na tagpuan ng lupain at karagatan.

Word by Word

• शापः: curse
• शापः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अनुग्रहरूपः: having the form of a blessing
• अनुग्रहरूपः: Visheshana (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अनुग्रहस्य रूपः; विशेषणम् (शाप-विशेषण)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Appositive to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/ground)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘especially/particularly’ (ablative of cause/ground)

• अर्बुदाचले: on Mount Arbuda
• अर्बुदाचले: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अर्बुदस्य अचलः; स्थानवाचक

• समीपे: near
• समीपे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘near’

• यस्य: of which/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• पुण्यः: holy/meritorious
• पुण्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (संगम-विशेषण)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महीसागरसंगमः: confluence of land and ocean
• महीसागरसंगमः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (समाहार): मही-सागरयोः संगमः

Speaker

Sūta (narration) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbudācala and nearby mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (as described)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred mountain rises with hermitages and Śaiva symbols; in the distance or below, waters meet at a luminous confluence. A figure explains that a ‘curse’ is actually grace, pointing toward the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Arbudācala (Mount Arbuda)
• mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (land–ocean confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

What appears as suffering or a curse can become divine grace when connected to a sacred place and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbudācala is directly praised, along with a nearby holy ‘land–ocean confluence’ tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse frames the place itself as a grace-bearing tīrtha-field.