Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच । यस्मात्कोपयसे रंभे मां त्वं कोपजयैषिणम्

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca | yasmātkopayase raṃbhe māṃ tvaṃ kopajayaiṣiṇam

Translation

Viśvāmitra sprach: „Weil du, o Rambhā, mich erzürnst—mich, der danach strebt, den Zorn zu bezwingen—“

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यस्मात्: since/because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थे (causal) ‘because/since’ (ablative-form used adverbially)

• कोपयसे: you anger (me)
• कोपयसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कुप् (धातु) [णिच् causative: कोपय-]
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• रम्भे: O Rambhā
• रम्भे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रम्भा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कोप-जय-एषिणम्: desirous of conquering anger
• कोप-जय-एषिणम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + जय (प्रातिपदिक) + एषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘कोपस्य जयम् एषते इति’ (desirous of conquering anger)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitrāśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rambhā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on Viśvāmitra speaking—stern yet self-referential—declaring that Rambhā has provoked one who strives to conquer anger; Rambhā listens, apprehensive, amid the stillness of the hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Rambhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Conquering anger is itself a spiritual discipline; the verse frames anger as an enemy to be overcome, even by advanced ascetics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is direct speech within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.