Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । माधव्याः पद्मया दत्तो यः शापस्तस्य यत्फलम् । परिणामोद्भवं सर्वं श्रुतमस्माभिरद्य तत्

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | mādhavyāḥ padmayā datto yaḥ śāpastasya yatphalam | pariṇāmodbhavaṃ sarvaṃ śrutamasmābhiradya tat

Translation

رشیوں نے کہا: مادھوی پر پدما نے جو شاپ دیا تھا، اس کا پورا پھل اور اس کی تمام تر انجام پذیری ہم نے آج مکمل طور پر سن لی ہے۔

Word by Word

• ṛṣayaḥ: the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• mādhavyāḥ: of Mādhavī
• mādhavyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhavī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• padmayā: by Padmā (Lakṣmī)
• padmayā: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• dattaḥ: given
• dattaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yaḥ: which
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• śāpaḥ: curse
• śāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• yat: what
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (relative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pariṇāma-udbhavam: arising as a consequence
• pariṇāma-udbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of 'sarvam')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pariṇāma (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (pariṇāmāt udbhavam)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śrutam: has been heard
• śrutam: Kriya (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• asmābhiḥ: by us
• asmābhiḥ: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Resumptive object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages addresses the narrator: calm but curious faces, hands in respectful gesture, indicating they have heard the full unfolding of Padmā’s curse and now seek deeper clarification or next steps.

Characters & Entities

• Mādhavī
• Padmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the Purāṇic doctrine that actions and spoken boons/curses mature into definite results (karma-phala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a question within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the exact tīrtha is not named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an inquiry initiating further explanation.