Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

न तस्य निश्चयो जज्ञे तस्मिन्कृत्ये कथंचन । कोपात्प्रणष्टनिद्रस्य सोष्णं निःश्वसतो मुहुः

Transliteration

na tasya niścayo jajñe tasminkṛtye kathaṃcana | kopātpraṇaṣṭanidrasya soṣṇaṃ niḥśvasato muhuḥ

Translation

તે કાર્ય વિષે તેના મનમાં કોઈ નિર્ણય જ ઊભો ન થયો. ક્રોધથી તેની ઊંઘ ઉડી ગઈ, અને તે વારંવાર ગરમ શ્વાસ છોડતો રહ્યો.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• niścayaḥ: decision, certainty
• niścayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• jajñe: arose
• jajñe: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• kṛtye: matter, deed to be done
• kṛtye: Adhikaraṇa (Topic/field)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• kathaṃcana: in any way at all
• kathaṃcana: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indefinite adverb: in any way/at all)

• kopāt: from anger
• kopāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• praṇaṣṭa-nidrasya: of (him) whose sleep was lost
• praṇaṣṭa-nidrasya: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√naś (धातु) → praṇaṣṭa (कृदन्त) + nidrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nidrāyāḥ praṇaṣṭā = whose sleep is lost); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying niḥśvasataḥ)

• sa-uṣṇam: hot, with heat
• sa-uṣṇam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (sa- = 'with'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (qualifying niḥśvasataḥ: 'warmly/hot')

• niḥśvasataḥ: of (him) breathing heavily
• niḥśvasataḥ: Kālavācaka (Circumstance)
• Type: Verb
• Root: niḥ-√śvas (धातु) → niḥśvasat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; 'of him who was breathing out'

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: repeatedly/again and again)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up intensity: Lakṣmaṇa awake, eyes wide, brows knit; visible hot breath in cool night air; hand on bow; no resolution on his face—only repeated sighs.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger clouds discernment (viveka), destroys rest, and prevents right resolve—hence it is a chief enemy of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the tīrtha focus of the chapter continues toward Gokarṇa and Maheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.