Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवमुक्तस्ततो भूयो विश्वामित्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् । कोपेन महता युक्तो निःस्पृहस्तत्परिग्रहे

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evamuktastato bhūyo viśvāmitro'bravīdidam | kopena mahatā yukto niḥspṛhastatparigrahe

Translation

قال سوتا: لما قالتْ ذلك، أجاب فيشواميترا مرةً أخرى، ممتلئًا بغضبٍ عظيم، غيرَ مبالٍ بقبولها.

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus)

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to / addressed
• uktaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (then/from there)

• bhūyaḥ: again / further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again/further)

• viśvāmitraḥ: Viśvāmitra
• viśvāmitraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• kopena: with anger
• kopena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• mahatā: great
• mahatā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yuktaḥ: endowed (with)
• yuktaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √yuj, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (endowed/connected)

• niḥspṛhaḥ: free from desire
• niḥspṛhaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥ + spṛha (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गयुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tat-parigrahe: in that acceptance/possession
• tat-parigrahe: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + parigraha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—तस्य परिग्रहः/परिग्रहे (in that acceptance/possession)

Speaker

Sūta

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narration uses exemplars like Viśvāmitra to highlight firm detachment as support for spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is narrative linkage within Tīrthamāhātmya; it does not itself name a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it signals the ascetic stance (niḥspṛhatā) that undergirds vows.