Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

क्रोधाभिभूते विप्रे तु तडित्कोटिसभप्रभम् । सूर्येन्दुवह्निसंयोगाद्गुणत्रयसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

krodhābhibhūte vipre tu taḍitkoṭisabhaprabham | sūryenduvahnisaṃyogādguṇatrayasamanvitam

Translation

क्रोधाने अभिभूत झालेल्या ब्राह्मणात तो तेज कोट्यवधी वीजांच्या प्रभेसारखा प्रज्वलित होतो. सूर्य-चंद्र-अग्नीच्या संयोगाने तो त्रिगुणसमन्वित होतो.

Word by Word

• क्रोधाभिभूते: when (the) anger-overcome
• क्रोधाभिभूते: Adhikaraṇa (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + अभि + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → अभिभूत (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्रोधेन अभिभूतः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; ‘क्रोधाभिभूते (विप्रे)’ = ‘क्रोधेन अभिभूते सति’

• विप्रे: in/when the brāhmaṇa
• विप्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वयबोधक particle)

• तडित्कोटिसभप्रभम्: having splendor like an assembly of millions of lightning flashes
• तडित्कोटिसभप्रभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तडित् (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + सभा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (तडित्कोटिसभायाः प्रभा इव/तुल्या प्रभा यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सूर्येन्दुवह्निसंयोगात्: from the conjunction of sun, moon, and fire
• सूर्येन्दुवह्निसंयोगात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सूर्येन्दुवह्नीनां संयोगः), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• गुणत्रयसमन्वितम्: endowed with the three guṇas
• गुणत्रयसमन्वितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गुणत्रयेण समन्वितम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from continuing exposition on yajñopavīta’s potency)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra/viprendra (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated brāhmaṇa, eyes blazing in anger, radiates a storm of lightning-like brilliance; behind him a cosmic mandala shows the sun, moon, and sacrificial fire interlinked, symbolizing guṇa-traya.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Brāhmaṇa
• Guṇa-traya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power is real and intense; when joined with anger it becomes dangerously blazing—hence self-control is essential to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the chapter’s spiritual-ritual exposition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct new ritual act is prescribed here; it provides a doctrinal description (symbolic/energetic) connected to the sacred thread and inner discipline.