Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सर्वे कोपसमायुक्ताः सुशीलं प्रति ते द्विजाः

Transliteration

sarve kopasamāyuktāḥ suśīlaṃ prati te dvijāḥ

Translation

ດວິຈະພຣາຫມັນເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນທັງໝົດ ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມໂກດ ແລະຫັນໄປຕໍ່ຕ້ານ ສຸຊີລ (Suśīla)។

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कोपसमायुक्ताः: filled with anger
• कोपसमायुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + समायुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + आ + √युज्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः — 'कोपेन समायुक्ताः'

• सुशीलम्: Suśīla
• सुशीलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुशील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रति: towards/against
• प्रति: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Directional/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग-सदृश अव्यय (preposition) — 'towards/against'

• ते: those
• ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural) — विशेषण

• द्विजाः: twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Nāgara-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of brāhmaṇas, faces tightened with anger, point toward Suśīla; the atmosphere is charged, with the temple site in the background as a silent witness.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (Dvijas)
• Suśīla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights how communal outrage—especially among religious authorities—can become a decisive moral force in Purāṇic narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it functions as a narrative link within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the brāhmaṇas’ emotional and social reaction.