Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा तान्कोपसंयुक्तान्भगवांस्त्रिपुरांतकः । उवाच सांत्वयन्देवो वाचा मधुरया मुनीन्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā tānkopasaṃyuktānbhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ | uvāca sāṃtvayandevo vācā madhurayā munīn

Translation

怒りに満ちたその聖仙たちを見て、福徳なる主トリプラーンタカは、甘く柔らかな言葉でムニたちを慰めつつ語った。

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kopa-saṃyuktān: filled with anger
• kopa-saṃyuktān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कोपेन संयुक्ताः)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• tripurāntakaḥ: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• tripurāntakaḥ: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-pura (प्रातिपदिक) + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः = destroyer of Tripura)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• sāṃtvayan: comforting
• sāṃtvayan: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāṃtvay (धातु) → sāṃtvayant (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (comforting)

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• vācā: with speech/words
• vācā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• madhurayā: sweet
• madhurayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; वाचाम् विशेषणम्

• munīn: the sages
• munīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Prabhāsa-māhātmya); direct speech about to be by Śiva (Tripurāntaka)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munis (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripurāntaka (Śiva) beholds a group of munis with furrowed brows and raised hands in anger; he stands calm, right hand in abhaya/varada, speaking sweetly to soothe them in the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Tripurāntaka)
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even righteous anger must be guided by compassion and discernment; the Lord restores dharmic balance through calming counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva personally intervenes to guide sages and protect the sanctity of the sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes sāntvana (appeasement) and dharmic speech as a spiritual practice in conflict.