Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततः शापं प्रदास्यामि तपोविघ्नकरं हि वः । एवं ज्ञात्वा मया सार्धं तत्राऽगच्छत सत्वरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ śāpaṃ pradāsyāmi tapovighnakaraṃ hi vaḥ | evaṃ jñātvā mayā sārdhaṃ tatrā'gacchata satvaram

Translation

پھر میں تم پر ایک لعنت جاری کروں گا، جو یقیناً تمہاری تپسیا میں رکاوٹ ڈالے گی۔ یہ جان کر، میرے ساتھ وہاں فوراً چلے آؤ۔

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘thereafter/from that (time/place)’

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

• प्रदास्यामि: I shall give/utter
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपोविघ्नकरम्: causing obstruction to austerity
• तपोविघ्नकरम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शापम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — हेतु/निश्चयार्थक

• वः: of you / for you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — प्रकारवाचक

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकाल; ‘having known’

• मया: with me / by me
• मया: Saha/Instrumental (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपपद) — ‘with’ (तृतीया-सहयोगे)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• अगच्छत: go (you all)
• अगच्छत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — शीघ्रार्थक

Speaker

Indra (Śakra/Pākaśāsana), inferred from immediate context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding divine figure announces a curse that will obstruct austerities, urging the group to hurry toward the destined city; tension between ascetic calm and divine urgency.

Characters & Entities

• śāpa (curse)
• tapas
• Gayā (implied destination)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred duties (like śrāddha at a praised tīrtha) are presented as urgent; neglect can lead to spiritual obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The destination is the Gayā-related tīrtha context introduced in surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An urgent command to accompany the speaker to the sacred place for the intended śrāddha rites.