Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
एतस्मात्कारणाच्छापस्तव दत्तो मया नृप । न कामतो न मृत्योर्वा सत्येनात्मानमालभे
Transliteration
etasmātkāraṇācchāpastava datto mayā nṛpa | na kāmato na mṛtyorvā satyenātmānamālabhe
Translation
اسی سبب سے، اے نرپ! میں نے تمہیں یہ لعنت دی ہے—نہ خواہش سے، نہ موت کے خوف سے۔ سچ کی قسم، میں یہ پختہ اقرار کرتی ہوں۔
Word by Word
एतस्मात्from this, because of this
एतस्मात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कारणात्from the reason, due to the cause
कारणात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकारण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
शापःa curse
शापः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तवfor you/your
तव:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
दत्तःgiven
दत्तः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Karana/Karta-agent (Agent in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
कामतःout of desire
कामतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from desire/for pleasure')
नnor
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
मृत्योःfrom fear of death / of death
मृत्योः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (वैकल्पिकं पञ्चमी-अर्थे);
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
सत्येनby truth, truly
सत्येन:
Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
आत्मानम्myself
आत्मानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
आलबेI undertook/accepted (the act)
आलबे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग-आ (आ + लभ्)
Speaker
Mṛgī (the doe)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The doe, radiant with moral authority, pronounces a curse; a subtle aura or flame of satya surrounds her words; the king appears shaken, bow lowered, hands tense or folded.
Characters & Entities
N
nṛpa (king)Ś
śāpa (curse)S
satya (truth)FAQs
Righteous speech (satya) can become a force of dharma; consequences are invoked for justice, not personal rage.
No named tīrtha in this verse; it remains within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative setting.
None; it emphasizes satya as the basis of a binding pronouncement.