Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मा वीक्षयस्वैनं भविष्यति प्रकोपभाक् । मा पतस्व तथा भूमौ बलान्मद्वाक्यसंभवात्

Transliteration

tasmānmā vīkṣayasvainaṃ bhaviṣyati prakopabhāk | mā patasva tathā bhūmau balānmadvākyasaṃbhavāt

Translation

“Therefore, do not look at him; he will become seized by wrath. And do not fall in that manner to the ground—held back by the force born of my words.”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग

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

• वीक्षयस्व: look at
• वीक्षयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• एनम्: this one; him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• भविष्यति: will become; will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रकोपभाक्: prone to wrath; wrathful
• प्रकोपभाक्: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकोप (प्रातिपदिक) + भाज् (धातु; भाक्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; ‘प्रकोपं भजते’ (one who partakes of anger)

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• पतस्व: fall
• पतस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तथा: thus; in that way
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• बलात्: by force; forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘by force/forcibly’ (ablatival adverbial use)

• मद्वाक्यसंभवात्: due to (what) arises from my words; because of my statement
• मद्वाक्यसंभवात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; ‘मद्वाक्यस्य सम्भवः’ (arising from my words)

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śanaiścara

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada raises a hand in a halting gesture; Śanaiścara’s fall slows, suspended above the earth. The tension is between wrathful gaze and compassionate restraint, with the sage’s words forming an invisible barrier.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śanaiścara (Śani)
• Pippalāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sage-guidance prevents escalation; dharma includes de-escalation, restraint of gaze/speech, and protecting others from wrath.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative injunction (warning) rather than a ritual rule.