Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 161

Devanagari script

नातिदूरस्थितं मां च ज्ञात्वा तत्कर्मकारिणम् । उवाच परुषं वाक्यं कोपसंरक्तलोचनः

Transliteration

nātidūrasthitaṃ māṃ ca jñātvā tatkarmakāriṇam | uvāca paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ

Translation

Sachant que je me tenais non loin et que j’étais l’auteur de cet acte, il proféra des paroles dures, les yeux rougis par la colère.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• अति: overly, too
• अति: Upasarga/Avyaya (Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय (prefix/adverb), अतिक्रम-अर्थ (excess)

• दूर: far
• दूर: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'स्थितम्')

• स्थितम्: standing/being situated
• स्थितम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'माम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/recognized
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, अव्ययवत् (in compound as prior member)

• कर्म: of the deed/action
• कर्म: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन/समासे पूर्वपद

• कारिणम्: the doer of that act
• कारिणम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिनि (कृदन्त: कारिन्)
• Form: णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्कर्मकारिन् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'तस्य कर्मणः कारिन्')

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• परुषम्: harsh
• परुषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'वाक्यम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वाक्यम्: speech, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कोप: of anger
• कोप: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन/समासे पूर्वपद

• संरक्त: reddened
• संरक्त: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रञ्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: उपसर्ग-सम् + क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग/समासे, 'लोचन' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• लोचनः: one whose eyes were reddened with anger
• लोचनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—कोपसंरक्तलोचनः ('कोपेन संरक्ते लोचने यस्य')

Speaker

Narrator (within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the account)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The enraged disciple, eyes reddened, turns toward the nearby culprit (the narrator) and utters harsh words; the guru remains bound by the serpent coil as onlookers watch the confrontation.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Uncontrolled anger (kopa) leads to harsh speech and sets the stage for harmful actions and their karmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 29; the specific tīrtha is contextual to the surrounding passage rather than named in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative and ethical in focus.