Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

नंदी निशम्य तद्वाक्यं शैलादो हि रुषान्वितः । अब्रवीत्त्वरितो दक्षं शापदं तं महाप्रभम्

Transliteration

naṃdī niśamya tadvākyaṃ śailādo hi ruṣānvitaḥ | abravīttvarito dakṣaṃ śāpadaṃ taṃ mahāprabham

Translation

وہ بات سن کر نندی—شیلاَد کا بیٹا—غصّے سے بھر گیا۔ لعنت کے الفاظ لبوں پر لیے اس نے فوراً دکش، اس عظیم صاحبِ اقتدار، سے کہا۔

Word by Word

• nandī: Nandī
• nandī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandī (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नन्दी (नन्दिकेश्वरः)

• niśamya: having heard
• niśamya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śam (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); नि + √शम्/√शम् (नि-शम्) = having heard/considered

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणं (vākyaṃ)

• vākyam: statement
• vākyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śailādaḥ: Śailāda (son of Śilāda)
• śailādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śailāda (प्रातिपदिक; patronymic/epithet)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शैलादः = son of Śilāda (Nandī)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• ruṣānvitaḥ: filled with anger
• ruṣānvitaḥ: Karta-anvayi (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣā + anvita (प्रातिपदिक; √i (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणं (śailādaḥ)

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √ब्रू = said

• tvaritaḥ: quickly (being hurried)
• tvaritaḥ: Karta-anvayi (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarita (प्रातिपदिक; √tvar (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणं (śailādaḥ)

• dakṣam: Dakṣa
• dakṣam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śāpadaṃ: giver of curses
• śāpadaṃ: Karman-anvayi (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāpa + da (प्रातिपदिक; √dā (धातु) with -da)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (शापं ददाति इति/शापदः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणं (dakṣam)

• tam: that
• tam: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणं (dakṣam)

• mahāprabham: very powerful
• mahāprabham: Karman-anvayi (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + prabha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणं (dakṣam)

Speaker

Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator, implied by Māheśvarakhaṇḍa style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience; within story, Dakṣa as direct addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandī—powerful, bull-bannered attendant of Śiva, son of Śilāda—hears Dakṣa’s words, his face hardens with anger, and he steps forward swiftly to address Dakṣa, poised to pronounce a curse.

Characters & Entities

• Nandī
• Śilāda
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward the divine and the devotees triggers karmic consequence; devotion (bhakti) defends dharma when ritual pride insults God.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative setting; it supports the Śaiva sacred geography surrounding Kedāra, though no single tīrtha is named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates an impending curse within the yajña-conflict episode.