Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मशापो रुद्रशापो विष्णुशापस्तथैव च । द्विजशापस्तथा भूयादिदं स्थानं विलुंपतः

Transliteration

brahmaśāpo rudraśāpo viṣṇuśāpastathaiva ca | dvijaśāpastathā bhūyādidaṃ sthānaṃ viluṃpataḥ

Translation

Nguyện lời nguyền của Brahmā, lời nguyền của Rudra, và cũng vậy lời nguyền của Viṣṇu—lại thêm lời nguyền của bậc nhị sinh—giáng xuống kẻ nào dám cướp phá thánh địa này.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मशापः: Brahmā’s curse
• ब्रह्मशापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः शापः

• रुद्रशापः: Rudra’s curse
• रुद्रशापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• विष्णुशापः: Viṣṇu’s curse
• विष्णुशापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘thus/also’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक) = emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = conjunction ‘and’

• द्विजशापः: a brāhmaṇa’s (twice-born’s) curse
• द्विजशापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: द्विजस्य शापः

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थ) = ‘also’

• भूयात्: may it befall/may it happen
• भूयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आशीर्लिङ्/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विलुम्पतः: of one who destroys/plunders
• विलुम्पतः: Sambandha (Genitive agent/कर्तृ-षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लुप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive, Singular; ‘of (one) who is destroying/plundering’

Speaker

Narrator voice within Lomaharṣaṇa’s telling (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn pronouncement of curses: the cosmic triad and the twice-born stand as guardians; the sacred place is shown with a protective aura, while a shadowy figure of a would-be despoiler recoils.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Viṣṇu
• dvija (twice-born)
• sthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places must be protected; violating them is a grave adharma that invites powerful spiritual consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular ‘sthāna’ is defended, but its proper name is not included in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse functions as a protective imprecation against desecration.