Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अनेन करसंस्थेन तव कोपः कथंचन । न यास्यति शरीरस्थस्तस्मादेनं परित्यज

Transliteration

anena karasaṃsthena tava kopaḥ kathaṃcana | na yāsyati śarīrasthastasmādenaṃ parityaja

Translation

‘ഇത് നിന്റെ കൈയിൽ ഇരിക്കുന്നിടത്തോളം, ശരീരത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന നിന്റെ കോപം ഒരുവിധത്തിലും മാറുകയില്ല; അതിനാൽ ഇതിനെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്ക.’

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; निर्देशक

• करसंस्थेन: by (this) held in the hand
• करसंस्थेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (“situated in the hand”); विशेषणम्

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• कोपः: anger
• कोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: “in any way/at all”)

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

• यास्यति: will go / will enter
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शरीरस्थः: remaining in the body
• शरीरस्थः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (“situated in the body”); विशेषणम् (of kopaḥ)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थे पञ्चमी (ablatival adverb: “therefore/from that”)

• एनम्: this (thing/weapon)
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: enad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• परित्यज: abandon, give up
• परित्यज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari+√tyaj (त्यज् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Munis of the kṣetra (addressing Paraśurāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on Paraśurāma’s clenched hand gripping the axe; sages point gently to the hand, indicating the link between grasping and anger; the background remains serene to heighten contrast.

Characters & Entities

• Paraśurāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External symbols (like weapons) can preserve inner anger; renunciation supports inner peace and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The counsel is delivered in the Adhyāya 94 holy region (kṣetra) being praised in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical dharmic instruction: abandon the weapon as part of cultivating śama (tranquility).