Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

लक्ष्मणोऽपि विदूरस्थः कोपसंरक्तलोचनः । वृक्षमूलं समाश्रित्य सुप्तश्चित्ते व्यचिंतयत्

Transliteration

lakṣmaṇo'pi vidūrasthaḥ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ | vṛkṣamūlaṃ samāśritya suptaścitte vyaciṃtayat

Translation

Auch Lakṣmaṇa blieb in einiger Entfernung, die Augen vor Zorn gerötet; am Wurzelstock eines Baumes suchte er Zuflucht, legte sich nieder, doch sein Geist dachte unablässig weiter.

Word by Word

• लक्ष्मणः: Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: ‘also’)

• विदूरस्थः: standing far away
• विदूरस्थः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदूर-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (‘विदूरे स्थितः’)

• कोपसंरक्तलोचनः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• कोपसंरक्तलोचनः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप + संरक्त + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘कोपेन संरक्ते लोचने यस्य सः’)

• वृक्षमूलम्: the root of a tree
• वृक्षमूलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष + मूल (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘वृक्षस्य मूलम्’)

• समाश्रित्य: having taken refuge in, leaning on
• समाश्रित्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having resorted to/leaned on’

• सुप्तः: asleep
• सुप्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्त (स्वप् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; क्त (PPP)

• चित्ते: in (his) mind
• चित्ते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन

• व्यचिन्तयत्: he thought, reflected
• व्यचिन्तयत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (puranic narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmaṇa sits/leans at the root of a large tree, eyes reddened with anger, attempting to sleep but mentally agitated; the forest night surrounds him with watchful stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unmastered anger disturbs the mind even when the body rests; dharma requires inner discipline, not merely outward quiet.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa is the tīrtha in the chapter’s trajectory; this verse sets the emotional and ethical backdrop.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on mental state and self-governance.