Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

क्रोधात्पितृवधो जातस्तथा मातृवधः परः । ब्रह्महत्या च कन्यैका क्रोधस्य तनया अमी

Transliteration

krodhātpitṛvadho jātastathā mātṛvadhaḥ paraḥ | brahmahatyā ca kanyaikā krodhasya tanayā amī

Translation

ومن الغضب وُلد قتلُ الأب، وكذلك قتلُ الأم؛ وقتلُ البراهمن أيضًا—هؤلاء يُقال إنهم أبناء كْرودها (الغضب).

Word by Word

• क्रोधात्: from anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• पितृ-वधः: killing of the father
• पितृ-वधः: Karta/Subject (in equational sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('पितुः वधः'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• जातः: was born/arose
• जातः: Predicate (state/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) 'जात'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मातृ-वधः: killing of the mother
• मातृ-वधः: Karta/Subject (in equational sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('मातुः वधः'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• परः: another, further
• परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• ब्रह्म-हत्या: killing of a Brahmin (brahmahatyā)
• ब्रह्म-हत्या: Karta/Subject (in equational sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('ब्रह्मणः हत्या'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• कन्या-एका: a single daughter
• कन्या-एका: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः ('एका कन्या'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• क्रोधस्य: of anger
• क्रोधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• तनयाः: daughters
• तनयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Plural)

• अमी: these (those)
• अमी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced from Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark allegory: Krodha personified as a red, flame-wreathed figure casting a shadow over a household; three symbolic scenes (patricide, matricide, brahma-hatyā) shown as cautionary silhouettes; a contrasting calm sage extinguishes flames with a water-pot labeled Kṣamā.

Characters & Entities

• Krodha
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger is portrayed as a destructive force capable of producing the most horrific sins; conquering krodha is essential to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse is a moral warning about krodha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied discipline is anger-control and adherence to dharma.