Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

हाहेति रुदमानं तं निर्भर्त्स्य स्वसुतं तदा । पुनर्विवेश स्वगृहं गोपी रोषसमन्विता

Transliteration

hāheti rudamānaṃ taṃ nirbhartsya svasutaṃ tadā | punarviveśa svagṛhaṃ gopī roṣasamanvitā

Translation

Then, scolding her own son as he cried out “Hā! Hā!”, the cowherd woman, filled with anger, went back into her house again.

Word by Word

• hāhā: alas! alas!
• hāhā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hāhā (अव्यय/उद्गार)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार (interjection of lament)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-निपात (quotative particle)

• rudamānam: crying/weeping
• rudamānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √rud (धातु) → rudamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमानकाले वर्तमानकृदन्त); पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक-रूप, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• nirbhartsya: having rebuked
• nirbhartsya: Kriya (क्रिया-पूर्वक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir-√bharts (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); 'having scolded/rebuked'

• sva-sutam: her own son
• sva-sutam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'one’s own son'); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: 'then')

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (adverb: 'again/back')

• viveśa: entered
• viveśa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√viś (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sva-gṛham: her own house
• sva-gṛham: Karma (कर्म/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'one’s own house'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• gopī: the cowherd woman
• gopī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gopī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• roṣa-samanvitā: accompanied by anger
• roṣa-samanvitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/सह-भाव: 'with anger'); कृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (gopī)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The child cries ‘Hā Hā’ while the mother scolds him; she turns away and enters the house, leaving the child in the courtyard amid disrupted worship.

Characters & Entities

• Gopī
• Bālaka (child)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger and harshness toward sincere devotion deepen suffering; dharma favors restraint and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is indicated in this verse; it functions within a devotional exemplum (māhātmya-style teaching).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the narrative context around disrupted worship.