Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

पुनःपुनर्गुरुं प्राह शिष्यो निर्बन्धवान्यदा । तदा गुरुर्गुरुक्रुद्धः शिष्यं प्राह च निष्ठुरम्

Transliteration

punaḥpunarguruṃ prāha śiṣyo nirbandhavānyadā | tadā gururgurukruddhaḥ śiṣyaṃ prāha ca niṣṭhuram

Translation

しかし弟子が幾度も師に迫り続けたとき、師はその執拗さに怒り、弟子に対して手厳しい言葉を放った。

Word by Word

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — again

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — again (repetition for emphasis)

• gurum: the teacher
• gurum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘said’

• śiṣyaḥ: the disciple
• śiṣyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• nirbandhavān: insistent
• nirbandhavān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirbandha-vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (śiṣyaḥ) — ‘insistent/pressing’

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla-sambandha (Temporal link/कालसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal conjunction) — when

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb) — then

• guruḥ: the teacher
• guruḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• guru-kruddhaḥ: angered (as a teacher)
• guru-kruddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + kruddha (√krudh, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/षष्ठीभाव) — ‘गुरौ क्रुद्धः/गुरुणा क्रुद्धः’ (context: angry at the disciple’s insistence as guru); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (guruḥ)

• śiṣyam: the disciple
• śiṣyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘said’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction) — and

• niṣṭhuram: harshly
• niṣṭhuram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner adverb/रीत्यर्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣṭhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (क्रियाविशेषणवत्), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — adverbial accusative ‘harshly’

Speaker

Narrator (Ayodhyāmāhātmya frame; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—traditionally Brahmā to Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The disciple repeatedly petitions; the guru’s face hardens, brows knit, and he speaks sternly—an austere moment of correction in the hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Kautsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even good intentions must be guided by humility; insistence that disregards the guru’s word disrupts dharmic harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the broader sacred setting of the narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it concerns the ethics of requesting and offering dakṣiṇā.