Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तदा मनसि संतापं कृत्वा निर्वेदमागतः । ततः प्रसन्नतां यातो जमदग्निर्महातपाः

Transliteration

tadā manasi saṃtāpaṃ kṛtvā nirvedamāgataḥ | tataḥ prasannatāṃ yāto jamadagnirmahātapāḥ

Translation

حينئذٍ، إذ أحدث في قلبه لهيبَ الأسى ووقع في الندم، صار جمَدَغني—الزاهد العظيم—بعد ذلك ساكنَ النفس، لطيفَ العطية.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal relation/कालसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb): "then"

• मनसि: in (his) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• संतापम्: distress/anguish
• संतापम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made/caused
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund/absolutive): "having done/made"

• निर्वेदम्: dispassion/repentance
• निर्वेदम्: Karma (Object; goal-state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आगतः: attained/came to
• आगतः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: गम्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि: "having come/attained"

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequential relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): "thereupon/from that"

• प्रसन्नताम्: serenity/pleased state
• प्रसन्नताम्: Karma (Object; attained state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसन्नता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• यातः: went/attained
• यातः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: या-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि: "having gone/attained"

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: "great-ascetic"; विशेषण (जमदग्निः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet hermitage moment after turmoil: Paraśurāma in remorseful posture; Jamadagni’s face softens into serenity and blessing; a distant liṅga silhouette foreshadows expiation.

Characters & Entities

• Jamadagni
• Jāmadagnya Rāma (context)
• Mahādevī (listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remorse (nirveda) and inner heat of conscience can mature into serenity and forgiveness, restoring dharmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it supports the larger Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative by explaining the chain of events.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is psychological and ethical—remorse leading to reconciliation.