Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

मया कोपपरीतेन बहवः पन्नगा हताः । विषोल्बणा महाकायास्तथान्ये मध्यमाधमाः

Transliteration

mayā kopaparītena bahavaḥ pannagā hatāḥ | viṣolbaṇā mahākāyāstathānye madhyamādhamāḥ

Translation

ດ້ວຍຄວາມໂກດແຄ້ນຄອບງຳ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຂ້າງູຈຳນວນຫລາຍ - ບາງໂຕມີຮ່າງກາຍໃຫຍ່ໂຕ ແລະ ມີພິດຮ້າຍແຮງ, ແລະ ໂຕອື່ນໆ ທັງຂະໜາດກາງ ແລະ ຂະໜາດນ້ອຍ.

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कोप-परितेन: by one overcome by anger
• कोप-परितेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + परीत (परि + इ धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—कोपेन परीतः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; पन्नगाः इति विशेषणम्

• पन्नगाः: snakes
• पन्नगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• हताः: were killed
• हताः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) प्रयुक्तः क्रियापदवत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• विष-उल्बणाः: fierce with venom
• विष-उल्बणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक) + उल्बण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—विषेण उल्बणाः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ)

• महा-कायाः: huge-bodied
• महा-कायाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् कायः येषाम्

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मध्यम-अधमाः: middling and low (types)
• मध्यम-अधमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक) + अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः—मध्यमाश्च अधमाश्च

Speaker

Unspecified first-person speaker within the narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūtaja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grim montage-like scene: multiple serpents—huge, venomous, and smaller ones—lie slain; the killer stands with club, eyes still burning with anger, suggesting the weight of accumulated violence.

Characters & Entities

• Pannaga (serpents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger-driven action multiplies harm indiscriminately, hinting at accumulating karmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is described; it is confession-like narration.