Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ततः कोपपरीतात्मा सौमित्रिः प्राह राघवम् । नाहं शय्यां करिष्यामि पादप्रक्षालनं न च

Transliteration

tataḥ kopaparītātmā saumitriḥ prāha rāghavam | nāhaṃ śayyāṃ kariṣyāmi pādaprakṣālanaṃ na ca

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາ ສໍມິຕຣີ (ລັກສະມະນະ) ຜູ້ມີໃຈຖືກຄວາມໂກດຄອບງຳ ໄດ້ກ່າວແກ່ ຣາຄະວະ ວ່າ: «ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະບໍ່ຈັດທີ່ນອນ ແລະຈະບໍ່ລ້າງພະບາດຂອງພະອົງ»।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक/sequence adverb)

• kopaparītātmā: whose mind was overcome by anger
• kopaparītātmā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa + parīta + ātmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्य आत्मा कोपेन परीतः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• saumitriḥ: Saumitri (Lakshmana)
• saumitriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saumitri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• rāghavam: to Raghava (Rama)
• rāghavam: Karma (Addressee as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular pronoun)

• śayyām: a bed
• śayyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kariṣyāmi: will make
• kariṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• pādaprakṣālanam: washing of the feet
• pādaprakṣālanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda + prakṣālana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पादस्य प्रक्षालनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• ca: and / nor
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction; here 'nor')

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitri)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmaṇa, face tightened with anger, speaks sharply to Rāma, refusing to prepare the bed or wash feet; Rāma remains composed, the camp tense under the approaching night.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitri)
• Rāma (Rāghava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger can disrupt dharmic service and harmony; the narrative warns against letting krodha override duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Tīrthamāhātmya, but this verse itself does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Foot-washing is referenced (pāda-prakṣālana), though here it is refused in the dialogue.