Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ततः कोपपरीतात्मा तं शशाप स सांकृतिः

Transliteration

tataḥ kopaparītātmā taṃ śaśāpa sa sāṃkṛtiḥ

Translation

Dann sprach Sāṃkṛti, dessen Herz von gerechtem Zorn ergriffen war, einen Fluch über ihn aus.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘then/from that (time/place)’

• कोपपरीतात्मा: whose mind was overcome by anger
• कोपपरीतात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + parīta (कृदन्त, √i/√ṛ? ‘to go/approach’ → परीत = surrounded) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण— ‘कोपेन परीतः आत्मा यस्य’ (समास: तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्राय)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शशाप: cursed
• शशाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śap (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सांकृतिः: Sāṃkṛti (name)
• सांकृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃkṛti (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिवाचक (ऋषि/व्यक्ति)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāṃkṛti ṛṣi, eyes blazing with tapas, raises a hand in pronouncement; the offender recoils; the air feels charged with mantra-power.

Characters & Entities

• Sāṃkṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offenses against saints invite swift karmic correction; a sage’s śāpa functions as moral justice in purāṇic narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the curse that follows.