Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

ताडनाय ततः कोपात्पादस्तेन समुद्यतः । तथा पुनः क्षांतिमता न तु देहे निपातितः

Transliteration

tāḍanāya tataḥ kopātpādastena samudyataḥ | tathā punaḥ kṣāṃtimatā na tu dehe nipātitaḥ

Translation

Kemudian, kerana murka, dia mengangkat kakinya untuk memukul. Namun sekali lagi, ditahan oleh kesabaran, dia tidak menurunkannya ke atas tubuhnya.

Word by Word

• ताडनाय: for striking, to beat
• ताडनाय: Sampradāna (Purpose/recipient-like/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताडन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of striking)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त): ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereupon/then)

• कोपात्: from anger
• कोपात्: Apādāna (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• पादः: foot
• पादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समुद्यतः: raised up, lifted
• समुद्यतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उद्-यम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘उत्थापितः/उद्गृहीतः’

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): ‘एवम्/तद्वत्’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): ‘पुनरपि/again’

• क्षान्तिमता: by the patient/forbearing one
• क्षान्तिमता: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षान्तिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण (तेन) — ‘क्षान्तियुक्तेन’

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

• तु: however, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): विरोधार्थे ‘however’

• देहे: on the body
• देहे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• निपातितः: was brought down/was struck (down)
• निपातितः: Karta (Predicate in passive/प्रधानीय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातोः (निपातयति) भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (was made to fall/was struck down)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing Pārvatī (Śaiva dialogue tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama’s foot is raised to strike, frozen mid-air; his face shifts from rage to restraint. The moment captures the victory of patience over violence; Chāyā is unharmed, tension suspended.

Characters & Entities

• Yama (contextually implied)
• Chāyā (contextually implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when anger arises, dharma is preserved through restraint—true strength is the refusal to harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.