Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

गालव उवाच । एवं ते लब्धशापाश्च पार्वतीशाप पीडिताः । अनपत्या बभूवुश्च तथा च प्रतिमानवाः

Transliteration

gālava uvāca | evaṃ te labdhaśāpāśca pārvatīśāpa pīḍitāḥ | anapatyā babhūvuśca tathā ca pratimānavāḥ

Translation

گالَو نے کہا: یوں وہ لعنت کے مستحق ہوئے اور پاروتی کے شاپ سے ستائے گئے۔ وہ بے اولاد ہو گئے اور پھر گویا بتوں کی مانند ہو گئے—صورت تو انسانی تھی مگر زندگی کی روانی جیسے منقطع ہو گئی۔

Word by Word

• gālavaḥ: Gālava
• gālavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gālava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वक्ता/कर्ता

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• evam: thus; in this way
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they)

• labdhaśāpāḥ: having received curses
• labdhaśāpāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: labdha-śāpa (प्रातिपदिक; लब्ध (कृदन्त) + शाप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (having obtained a curse)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• pārvatīśāpa: by Pārvatī’s curse
• pārvatīśāpa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī-śāpa (प्रातिपदिक; पार्वती + शाप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: ‘by/with the curse’)

• pīḍitāḥ: afflicted
• pīḍitāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīḍita (कृदन्त; पीड् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि-विशेषण (past passive participle: afflicted)

• anapatyāḥ: childless
• anapatyāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-apatya (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + अपत्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (childless)

• babhūvuḥ: became
• babhūvuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अनुवाद (adverb: likewise)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• pratimānavāḥ: resembling men
• pratimānavāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-mānava (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति + मानव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (like men / resembling humans)

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual continuation)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the episode (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava narrates a tragic transformation: cursed persons stand childless and inert, ‘like images’; the atmosphere is heavy, suggesting the need for Devī’s appeasement and kṣetra remedy.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect or transgression leading to divine curse results in loss of prosperity and continuity, urging humility and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it narrates the effect of a curse.