Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । यदि यास्यति नो दृष्टिं मम द्राक्स रघूत्तमः । शापं दत्त्वा कुलं सर्वं तद्धक्ष्यामि न संशयः

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | yadi yāsyati no dṛṣṭiṃ mama drāksa raghūttamaḥ | śāpaṃ dattvā kulaṃ sarvaṃ taddhakṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Durvāsā nói: “Nếu bậc tối thượng của dòng Raghu không lập tức hiện ra trước mắt ta, thì ta sẽ thốt lời nguyền và thiêu rụi toàn bộ dòng tộc của người ấy; không còn nghi ngờ gì.”

Word by Word

• durvāsāḥ: Durvāsā
• durvāsāḥ: Kartā (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (ऋषिनाम)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Hetu/Śarta (Condition marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-निर्देशक (conditional 'if')

• yāsyati: will go; will come
• yāsyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen. 6) बहुवचन (our) / वा चतुर्थी (Dat. 4) बहुवचन; अत्र 'naḥ dṛṣṭim' इति—सम्बन्ध (our sight)

• dṛṣṭim: sight; presence
• dṛṣṭim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• drāk: immediately
• drāk: Kāla-viśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/कालविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: drāk (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: immediately)

• raghūttamaḥ: the best of the Raghus (Rama)
• raghūttamaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'raghūṇām uttamaḥ'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śāpam: a curse
• śāpam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having given/uttered'

• kulam: family; lineage
• kulam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvam: entire
• sarvam: Karman-anvaya (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; kulam विशेषण

• tat: that
• tat: Karman (Object reference/कर्मनिर्देश)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; kulam प्रति निर्देश

• dhakṣyāmi: I will burn
• dhakṣyāmi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Pratijñā/Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Durvāsā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, blazing with ascetic fury, declares that if Rāma does not appear immediately, he will curse and burn the entire lineage; the air feels charged with tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Raghūttama (Rāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores atithi-satkāra (honoring a guest-sage) and the grave karmic weight attributed to insulting or delaying a powerful ṛṣi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame, but this specific line focuses on the ethical crisis (dharma) rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on immediate audience and proper reception of the sage.