Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

मा कोपं कुरु बाल त्वमेष सूर्यसुतो ग्रहः । देवानामपि पीडां च कुरुतेऽष्टमराशिगः

Transliteration

mā kopaṃ kuru bāla tvameṣa sūryasuto grahaḥ | devānāmapi pīḍāṃ ca kurute'ṣṭamarāśigaḥ

Translation

„Zürne nicht, Kind. Dies ist der Planetengott, der Sohn der Sonne. Wenn er im achten Zeichen steht, bringt er selbst den Göttern Bedrängnis.“

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• बाल: O child
• बाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

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

• एषः: this (he)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सूर्यसुतः: son of the Sun
• सूर्यसुतः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य सुतः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ग्रहः: planet; graha
• ग्रहः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• पीडाम्: affliction; torment
• पीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुरुते: does; causes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• अष्टमराशिगः: one situated in the eighth sign
• अष्टमराशिगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अष्टमस्य राशेः गः = अष्टमराशौ स्थितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder or guardian calms a frightened child while pointing to a dark, austere graha-devatā (Sūrya-suta) looming in the sky over a sacred landscape, suggesting the ominous eighth-house influence.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pippalāda
• Śanaiścara (Śani)
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restraint is urged even when facing hardship; cosmic forces operate by ordained law, and dharma lies in responding with composure and wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not name a tīrtha; it provides doctrinal context within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a warning and explanatory teaching about Śani’s influence.