Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

स वृत्तांतं समाकर्ण्य कोपसंरक्तलोचनः । अब्रवीद्ब्राह्मणान्सर्वान्भर्त्समानो मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

sa vṛttāṃtaṃ samākarṇya kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ | abravīdbrāhmaṇānsarvānbhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Ayant entendu le récit, ses yeux rougirent de colère ; il s’adressa à tous les brāhmaṇa, les réprimandant maintes et maintes fois.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वृत्तान्तम्: the account; the incident
• वृत्तान्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛttānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• समाकर्ण्य: having heard
• समाकर्ण्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √karṇ (धातु) + sam-ā; समाकर्ण्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष gerund); ‘having heard’

• कोपसंरक्तलोचनः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• कोपसंरक्तलोचनः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃrakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हेतु/सम्बन्ध: ‘कोपेन संरक्ते लोचने यस्य’—समासरूपेण विशेषण); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said; spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• भर्त्समानः: reproaching; scolding
• भर्त्समानः: Karta (कर्तृ-विशेषण/सहक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bharts (धातु); भर्त्समान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शानच्/आत्मनेपद present participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘while reproaching’

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Sūta (narration); the direct speaker within the scene is Śāṇḍilya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇān sarvān (the assembled brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāṇḍilya, eyes reddened, stands before a gathered group of brāhmaṇas; his hand gestures emphasize reprimand; the assembly looks chastened near a sacred setting.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilya
• brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual authority challenges collective negligence, insisting that dharma provides easier, purifying alternatives to extreme acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rebuke prepares the teaching that Viṣṇupadī Gaṅgā in this kṣetra grants purification through bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed in this verse; it introduces the corrective instruction to follow.