Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
कालयामास तां धेनुं ततः कोपात्स पार्थिवः
Transliteration
kālayāmāsa tāṃ dhenuṃ tataḥ kopātsa pārthivaḥ
Translation
Puis, dans sa colère, le roi chassa cette vache au loin.
Word by Word
कालयामासdrove away/caused to be taken (away)
कालयामास:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकल्/काल् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) (कालयति)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)
ताम्her
ताम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
धेनुम्the cow
धेनुम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रम/हेतु-सूचक अव्यय (thereupon/then)
कोपात्from anger
कोपात्:
Hetu (हेतु/Reason)
TypeNoun
Rootकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पार्थिवःthe king
पार्थिवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (सः पार्थिवः = apposition)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A wrathful king orders the sacred cow driven away from Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage; attendants tug at her rope as the calm āśrama contrasts with royal aggression.
Characters & Entities
N
NandinīB
Bhūpāla (king)FAQs
Anger clouds discernment and leads to unrighteous acts; violating what is sacred invites immediate moral and cosmic consequences.
Not specified in this single verse; it remains within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya chapter context.
None.