Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

मा कोपं कुरु बाल त्वमेष सूर्यसुतो ग्रहः । देवानामपि पीडां च कुरुतेऽष्टमराशिगः

Transliteration

mā kopaṃ kuru bāla tvameṣa sūryasuto grahaḥ | devānāmapi pīḍāṃ ca kurute'ṣṭamarāśigaḥ

Translation

«Ne te mets pas en colère, mon enfant. Voici le dieu-planète, fils du Soleil. Lorsqu’il occupe le huitième signe, il inflige des tourments même aux dieux.»

Word by Word

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

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• बाल: O child
• बाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• एषः: this (he)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सूर्यसुतः: son of the Sun
• सूर्यसुतः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य सुतः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ग्रहः: planet; graha
• ग्रहः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• पीडाम्: affliction; torment
• पीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुरुते: does; causes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• अष्टमराशिगः: one situated in the eighth sign
• अष्टमराशिगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अष्टमस्य राशेः गः = अष्टमराशौ स्थितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder or guardian calms a frightened child while pointing to a dark, austere graha-devatā (Sūrya-suta) looming in the sky over a sacred landscape, suggesting the ominous eighth-house influence.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pippalāda
• Śanaiścara (Śani)
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restraint is urged even when facing hardship; cosmic forces operate by ordained law, and dharma lies in responding with composure and wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not name a tīrtha; it provides doctrinal context within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a warning and explanatory teaching about Śani’s influence.