Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

कोपं संहर राजेंद्र क्षमस्व करुणालय । भूमिर्वातो वियच्चापो ज्योतींषि च रघूद्वह

Transliteration

kopaṃ saṃhara rājeṃdra kṣamasva karuṇālaya | bhūmirvāto viyaccāpo jyotīṃṣi ca raghūdvaha

Translation

ഹേ രാജേന്ദ്രാ, കോപം സംഹരിക്ക; ഹേ കരുണാലയാ, ക്ഷമിക്ക. ഹേ രഘുവംശശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, ഭൂമി, വായു, ആകാശം, ജലം, ജ്യോതിഷ്കങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം തത്തത് സ്വഭാവത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.

Word by Word

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• संहर: withdraw/hold back
• संहर: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः (king among kings)

• क्षमस्व: forgive
• क्षमस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• करुणालय: O abode of compassion
• करुणालय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; करुणायाः आलयः (abode of compassion)

• भूमिः: earth
• भूमिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• वातः: wind
• वातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वियत्: sky/space
• वियत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (बहुवचन-प्रयोग), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ज्योतींषि: lights/luminaries
• ज्योतींषि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रघूद्वह: O best of the Raghus
• रघूद्वह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु + उद्वह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; रघोः उद्वहः (best of the Raghus)

Speaker

Samudra (Varuṇa; Lord of the Ocean)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Rāma-setu / Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the seashore at Setu, the ocean-deity addresses Rāma, urging restraint and forgiveness; the five elements are suggested as a cosmic backdrop—earth and sky meeting at the horizon, wind-tossed waves, glinting luminaries.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Raghu dynasty (Raghūdvaha)
• Varuṇa (implied as Ocean-lord)
• Bhūmi
• Vāyu
• Āpaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṣamā (forgiveness) and restraint of anger are upheld as royal and spiritual virtues aligned with cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred landscape is the narrative setting, where the ocean and Rāma’s crossing become part of the tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it teaches ethical dharma (anger-restraint and forgiveness).