Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तासां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दक्षः कोपसमन्वितः । शशाप शर्वरीनाथं गत्वा तत्संनिधौ ततः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ | śaśāpa śarvarīnāthaṃ gatvā tatsaṃnidhau tataḥ

Translation

Sūta nói: “Nghe lời họ, Dakṣa đầy phẫn nộ, đến trước mặt Ngài rồi nguyền rủa Chúa Tể của Đêm.”

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tāsām: of those (women)
• tāsām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• tad-vacanam: their statement
• tad-vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तेषां वचनम्)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive)

• dakṣaḥ: Dakṣa
• dakṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kopa-samanvitaḥ: filled with anger
• kopa-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (सम्+अन्वि/√i?; प्रातिपदिक ‘endowed’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ (कोपेन समन्वितः = endowed with anger)

• śaśāpa: cursed
• śaśāpa: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śap (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śarvarī-nātham: the lord of night (Moon)
• śarvarī-nātham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarvarī (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शर्वर्याः नाथम्)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund)

• tat-saṃnidhau: in his presence
• tat-saṃnidhau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य संनिधौ)

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anukrama (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अपादानार्थ ‘then/from there’)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa, blazing with anger, strides into the Moon’s presence; the Moon stands radiant yet apprehensive; onlookers (sages/attendants) sense impending doom as the curse is about to be uttered.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Dakṣa
• Candra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, grave disregard of injunctions can invoke powerful consequences, depicted through the mechanism of a sage’s curse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the māhātmya’s narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement introducing the curse.