Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

ततः कोपपरा जाता श्रीमाता नृपसत्तम । कोपेन भृकुटीं कृत्वा रक्तनेत्रांतलोचनाम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kopaparā jātā śrīmātā nṛpasattama | kopena bhṛkuṭīṃ kṛtvā raktanetrāṃtalocanām

Translation

Da wurde Śrīmātā ganz vom Zorn ergriffen, o Bester der Könige; im Zorne zog sie die Brauen zusammen, und die Augenwinkel röteten sich.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘then/from that’)

• कोपपरा: wrathful
• कोपपरा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप + परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘intent on anger/filled with anger’

• जाता: became
• जाता: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having become’

• श्रीमाता: Śrīmātā (the revered Mother)
• श्रीमाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper epithet ‘Śrīmātā’

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘O best of kings’

• कोपेन: with anger
• कोपेन: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• भृकुटीम्: a frown (knitted brow)
• भृकुटीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृकुटी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having made’

• रक्तनेत्रान्तलोचनाम्: (making her) with eyes red at the corners
• रक्तनेत्रान्तलोचनाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + नेत्र + अन्त + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifying (implicit) ‘her form/face/eyes’: ‘having eyes with red corners’

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Vyāsa continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya / Satya-mandira (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasaṭtama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrīmātā’s face transforms: brows knit, eyes redden at the corners; the moment before unleashing power, charged with protective fury.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Nṛpasattama (king—listener, unnamed here)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine wrath is depicted as dharma-protecting energy—arising to remove forces that harm the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya setting remains implicit; the verse is a dramatic description rather than a tirtha-glorification line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition into the Devī’s protective action.