Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

उक्ता प्रत्युत्तरं दद्याद्या नारी क्रोधतत्परा । सरमा जायते ग्रामे सृगाली निर्जने वने

Transliteration

uktā pratyuttaraṃ dadyādyā nārī krodhatatparā | saramā jāyate grāme sṛgālī nirjane vane

Translation

വിളിക്കുമ്പോൾ കടുത്ത മറുപടി പറയുകയും ക്രോധത്തിൽ ലീനയാകുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന സ്ത്രീ ഗ്രാമത്തിൽ നായയായി, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നിർജന വനത്തിൽ കുറുക്കിയായി ജന്മം എടുക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• उक्ता: being spoken to/addressed
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• प्रत्युत्तरम्: a retort/reply back
• प्रत्युत्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति-उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give/utter
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• या: who (a woman)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्रोधतत्परा: intent on anger/anger-driven
• क्रोधतत्परा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध-तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सरमा: a female dog (Saramā)
• सरमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ग्रामे: in a village
• ग्रामे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सृगाली: a female jackal
• सृगाली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृगालिन्/सृगाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• निर्जने: in a lonely/deserted (place)
• निर्जने: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (वने इति विशेष्ये)

• वने: in a forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A domestic scene: a woman with angry expression retorts; the next vignette shows symbolic rebirth—village dog near houses and a solitary she-jackal in a barren forest—illustrating the two rebirth outcomes.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It warns against anger-driven speech and disrespectful retorts, presenting them as causes of degrading rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; it is a general karmic-ethical teaching within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a behavioral injunction—avoid angry retorting.