Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तमुवाचाभिशप्तं चाप्यनाथं च सुरेश्वरः । कर्मणा केन शापस्य घोरस्यान्तो भविष्यति

Transliteration

tamuvācābhiśaptaṃ cāpyanāthaṃ ca sureśvaraḥ | karmaṇā kena śāpasya ghorasyānto bhaviṣyati

Translation

诸天之主对那被诅咒、无所依怙者说道：“凭借何种行为，方能终止这可怖的诅咒？”

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• abhiśaptam: cursed
• abhiśaptam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-√śap (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कारक निपात (particle: also/even)

• anātham: helpless/without protector
• anātham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-ātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sureśvaraḥ: lord of the gods (Indra)
• sureśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; सुर + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• karmaṇā: by what deed
• karmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• kena: by which/what
• kena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• śāpasya: of the curse
• śāpasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ghorasya: terrible
• ghorasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (शापस्य)

• antaḥ: end
• antaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be/occur
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Indra (Sureśvara) as quoted within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra addresses the helpless cursed figure with a composed, instructive gesture—hand raised in teaching mudrā; the supplicant looks up with hope and fear.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Sureśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma frames suffering as karmically conditioned and resolvable through appropriate, dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not yet; the narrative is moving toward a remedy that will connect to the Revā/Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The question of the remedy is posed; the specific act is given in the next verse.