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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

कोपात्तपः क्षयं याति संचितं यत्सुकृच्छ्रतः । यथाभ्रपटलं प्राप्य प्रकाशः पुष्पवंतयोः

Transliteration

kopāttapaḥ kṣayaṃ yāti saṃcitaṃ yatsukṛcchrataḥ | yathābhrapaṭalaṃ prāpya prakāśaḥ puṣpavaṃtayoḥ

Translation

क्रोध से वह तप भी क्षीण हो जाता है, जो बड़े कष्ट से संचित किया गया हो; जैसे घने बादलों का आवरण आ जाने पर प्रकाश मंद पड़ जाता है।

Word by Word
कोपात्from anger
कोपात्:
Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ
तपःausterity; penance
तपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
क्षयम्to destruction; to loss
क्षयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म
यातिgoes; comes to
याति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√या (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
संचितम्accumulated
संचितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + √चि (धातु) → संचित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
सुकृच्छ्रतःwith great difficulty; from severe effort
सुकृच्छ्रतः:
Apadana (Manner/Cause/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसु + कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (कृच्छ्रम्), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/उपायवाचक (with great difficulty)
यथाjust as
यथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक-अव्यय (just as)
अभ्र-पटलम्a mass/layer of clouds
अभ्र-पटलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पटल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म
प्राप्यhaving reached; upon encountering
प्राप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र + √आप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having reached/encountered
प्रकाशःlight; brightness
प्रकाशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
पुष्पवंतयोःof/among the flower-bearing (trees/plants)
पुष्पवंतयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/Locative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्पवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (6th/7th Gen./Loc.), द्विवचन; (द्विवचन-रूप: -वतोः)
Speaker

Muni (sage) speaking (didactic)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant lamp/sun labeled ‘Tapas’ shines, while thick clouds labeled ‘Krodha’ roll in and dim the glow; a pilgrim-sage in Kāśī watches, hands in japa-mudrā.

Characters & Entities
K
Kopa (anger)

FAQs

Tapas is hard-won but easily diminished by anger; spiritual brilliance must be protected by calmness.

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma message.

None; the emphasis is on cultivating kṣamā (forbearance) and serenity.

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