Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 156
Devanagari script
तस्मान्न मे महाभागे कोपः स्वल्पोऽपि विद्यते । तस्माद्यथेच्छया क्रीडां कुरु योगिनिमध्यगा
Transliteration
tasmānna me mahābhāge kopaḥ svalpo'pi vidyate | tasmādyathecchayā krīḍāṃ kuru yoginimadhyagā
Translation
«C’est pourquoi, ô noble âme, il n’y a en moi pas même la moindre colère. Fais donc, selon ton gré, ton jeu sacré, toi qui chemines au milieu des yoginī.»
Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत्; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययप्रयोग (therefore)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation)
मेin me / my
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)
महाभागेO greatly fortunate one
महाभागे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahābhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; महा + भाग (महान् भागः यस्याः)
कोपःanger
कोपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkopa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
स्वल्पःsmall; slight
स्वल्पः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपि (even)
विद्यतेexists
विद्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत्; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययप्रयोग (therefore)
यथाas
यथा:
Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/उपमान (as/according to)
इच्छयाby (your) wish
इच्छया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rooticchā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
क्रीडाम्play; sport
क्रीडाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkrīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
कुरुdo; perform
कुरु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
योगिनिमध्यगाO you who are in the midst of yoginīs
योगिनिमध्यगा:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootyoginī (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + गम् (धातु)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (ग-प्रत्यय/गत-भाव: मध्यं गता); षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (yoginīnām madhye gatā)
Speaker
Muni (the sage)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: his daughter
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The sage, serene and smiling, assures the noble girl there is no anger; the girl is depicted with yoginī attendants—mystic women in a circle—suggesting a subtle, esoteric setting.
Characters & Entities
Y
YoginīsFAQs
True spiritual maturity expresses itself as freedom from anger and readiness to forgive.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.