Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

त ऊचुः । शापभ्रष्टा वयं मोक्षं प्राप्स्यामस्तवदनुग्रहात् । प्रतीकारं तदाख्याहि प्रणतानां महामुने

Transliteration

ta ūcuḥ | śāpabhraṣṭā vayaṃ mokṣaṃ prāpsyāmastavadanugrahāt | pratīkāraṃ tadākhyāhi praṇatānāṃ mahāmune

Translation

Họ thưa: “Chúng con bị quật ngã bởi lời nguyền; nhờ ân huệ của ngài, chúng con sẽ đạt giải thoát. Bạch đại thánh hiền, xin chỉ bày phương cách cứu giải cho những kẻ đang cúi đầu đảnh lễ.”

Word by Word

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

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• śāpa-bhraṣṭāḥ: fallen due to a curse
• śāpa-bhraṣṭāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhraṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘by curse fallen/ruined’); भूतकृदन्त √bhraṃś (to fall); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prāpsyāmaḥ: we will attain
• prāpsyāmaḥ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• anugrahāt: from (your) grace
• anugrahāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• pratīkāram: remedy/means of counteraction
• pratīkāram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratīkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (as determiner)

• ākhyāhi: tell (declare)
• ākhyāhi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• praṇatānām: of (us) who are bowed down
• praṇatānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇata (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त √nam (to bow) with pra-; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• mahāmune: O great sage
• mahāmune: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘great sage’); पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Group of sages/assembly (headed by Mārkaṇḍeya, addressing Saṃvarta)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Saṃvarta Mahāmuni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of afflicted sages/prostrating seekers address Saṃvarta with folded hands, expressing that they are fallen by a curse and begging for the remedy leading to liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Mārkaṇḍeya (implied context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation and relief from suffering arise through humility, surrender, and the compassionate guidance of realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the request anticipates a tīrtha-based remedy in the next verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse asks for a pratīkāra (remedy/atonement) but does not specify the act yet.