Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा रक्तताम्राक्षो द्विजद्विट् कोपपू रितः । अभ्यधावन्महाभाग यत्र ते दंपती नृप

Transliteration

tacchrutvā raktatāmrākṣo dvijadviṭ kopapū ritaḥ | abhyadhāvanmahābhāga yatra te daṃpatī nṛpa

Translation

তা শুনে দ্বিজবিদ্বেষী সেই রক্ত-তাম্রনয়ন ক্রোধে পূর্ণ হয়ে, হে মহাভাগ, যেখানে সেই দম্পতি ছিল, হে রাজন, সেদিকে ছুটে গেল।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (सन्ध्यर्थं)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• रक्तताम्राक्षः: red-copper-eyed
• रक्तताम्राक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + ताम्र + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (whose eyes are red-coppery)

• द्विजद्विट्: hater of Brahmins
• द्विजद्विट्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + द्विष् (धातु, क्विप्/कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'द्विजान् द्वेष्टि' (hater of Brahmins)

• कोपपूरितः: filled with anger
• कोपपूरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप + पूरित (पूॄ धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अभ्यधावत्: rushed toward
• अभ्यधावत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+धाव् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• ते: those two
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) वा द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; (सन्दर्भे: 'those two')

• दम्पती: the couple
• दम्पती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक; दम्पति-शब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (episode setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce antagonist with copper-red eyes charges forward, weapons or clenched fists visible; in the distance, a bridal couple; the environment shows sacred markers (grove/mandapa) under threat.

Characters & Entities

• Karṇāṭa (implied by context)
• daṃpatī (the couple)
• dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hatred toward the righteous (dvija) and uncontrolled anger propel one toward adharmic violence and eventual downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya remains the sacred backdrop where dharma confronts adharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse intensifies the narrative conflict leading to divine intervention.