Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

भोभो द्विजवरश्रेष्ठ क्रोधस्ते न शमं गतः । यस्मात्तस्मादिदं तात क्रोधस्थानं भविष्यति

Transliteration

bhobho dvijavaraśreṣṭha krodhaste na śamaṃ gataḥ | yasmāttasmādidaṃ tāta krodhasthānaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

«Ô le plus éminent des deux-fois-nés ! Ta colère ne s’est point apaisée. C’est pourquoi, cher ami, ce lieu sera nommé “Krodhasthāna”, la Demeure de la Colère.»

Word by Word

• भोभो: O! O!
• भोभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोभो (अव्यय-सम्बोधन-निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative interjection), द्विरुक्ति

• द्विजवरश्रेष्ठ: O best of the excellent twice-born
• द्विजवरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारण-तत्पुरुष (श्रेष्ठः द्विजवराणाम्)

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• शमम्: calm, pacification
• शमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गतः: has gone (attained)
• गतः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (has gone)

• यस्मात्: from which, because of which
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Reason/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (here: prathama)

• तात: dear one, son
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• क्रोधस्थानम्: place/seat of anger
• क्रोधस्थानम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्रोधस्य स्थानम्)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Krodhasthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine or authoritative speaker addresses an eminent brāhmaṇa, declaring that because his anger has not subsided the spot will be known as Krodhasthāna; the landscape suggests a riverine tīrtha with a charged, austere atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• Krodhasthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unpacified anger leaves a lasting imprint; even sacred landscapes can memorialize moral states, urging self-control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A locale is explicitly named as Krodhasthāna within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse functions as a kṣetra-nāma (place-naming) declaration.