Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

न तस्य निश्चयो जज्ञे तस्मिन्कृत्ये कथंचन । कोपात्प्रणष्टनिद्रस्य सोष्णं निःश्वसतो मुहुः

Transliteration

na tasya niścayo jajñe tasminkṛtye kathaṃcana | kopātpraṇaṣṭanidrasya soṣṇaṃ niḥśvasato muhuḥ

Translation

No decision arose in him at all regarding that deed. His sleep was destroyed by anger, and again and again he breathed out hot sighs.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• niścayaḥ: decision, certainty
• niścayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• jajñe: arose
• jajñe: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• kṛtye: matter, deed to be done
• kṛtye: Adhikaraṇa (Topic/field)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• kathaṃcana: in any way at all
• kathaṃcana: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indefinite adverb: in any way/at all)

• kopāt: from anger
• kopāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• praṇaṣṭa-nidrasya: of (him) whose sleep was lost
• praṇaṣṭa-nidrasya: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√naś (धातु) → praṇaṣṭa (कृदन्त) + nidrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nidrāyāḥ praṇaṣṭā = whose sleep is lost); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying niḥśvasataḥ)

• sa-uṣṇam: hot, with heat
• sa-uṣṇam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (sa- = 'with'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (qualifying niḥśvasataḥ: 'warmly/hot')

• niḥśvasataḥ: of (him) breathing heavily
• niḥśvasataḥ: Kālavācaka (Circumstance)
• Type: Verb
• Root: niḥ-√śvas (धातु) → niḥśvasat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; 'of him who was breathing out'

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: repeatedly/again and again)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up intensity: Lakṣmaṇa awake, eyes wide, brows knit; visible hot breath in cool night air; hand on bow; no resolution on his face—only repeated sighs.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger clouds discernment (viveka), destroys rest, and prevents right resolve—hence it is a chief enemy of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the tīrtha focus of the chapter continues toward Gokarṇa and Maheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.