Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

उक्ता प्रत्युत्तरं दद्याद्या नारी क्रोधतत्परा । सरमा जायते ग्रामे सृगाली निर्जने वने

Transliteration

uktā pratyuttaraṃ dadyādyā nārī krodhatatparā | saramā jāyate grāme sṛgālī nirjane vane

Translation

المرأة التي إذا خوطبت ردّت بفظاظة وكانت مُلازمة للغضب تُبعث من جديد ككلبةٍ في قرية، أو كأنثى ابن آوى في غابةٍ موحشة.

Word by Word

• उक्ता: being spoken to/addressed
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• प्रत्युत्तरम्: a retort/reply back
• प्रत्युत्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति-उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give/utter
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• या: who (a woman)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्रोधतत्परा: intent on anger/anger-driven
• क्रोधतत्परा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध-तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सरमा: a female dog (Saramā)
• सरमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ग्रामे: in a village
• ग्रामे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सृगाली: a female jackal
• सृगाली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृगालिन्/सृगाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• निर्जने: in a lonely/deserted (place)
• निर्जने: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (वने इति विशेष्ये)

• वने: in a forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A domestic scene: a woman with angry expression retorts; the next vignette shows symbolic rebirth—village dog near houses and a solitary she-jackal in a barren forest—illustrating the two rebirth outcomes.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It warns against anger-driven speech and disrespectful retorts, presenting them as causes of degrading rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; it is a general karmic-ethical teaching within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a behavioral injunction—avoid angry retorting.