Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

हाहेति रुदमानं तं निर्भर्त्स्य स्वसुतं तदा । पुनर्विवेश स्वगृहं गोपी रोषसमन्विता

Transliteration

hāheti rudamānaṃ taṃ nirbhartsya svasutaṃ tadā | punarviveśa svagṛhaṃ gopī roṣasamanvitā

Translation

ତାପରେ ‘ହା! ହା!’ ବୋଲି କାନ୍ଦୁଥିବା ନିଜ ପୁଅକୁ ଡାଟି, କ୍ରୋଧରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ସେ ଗୋପୀ ପୁଣି ନିଜ ଘରକୁ ପ୍ରବେଶ କଲା।

Word by Word

• hāhā: alas! alas!
• hāhā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hāhā (अव्यय/उद्गार)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार (interjection of lament)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-निपात (quotative particle)

• rudamānam: crying/weeping
• rudamānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √rud (धातु) → rudamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमानकाले वर्तमानकृदन्त); पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक-रूप, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• nirbhartsya: having rebuked
• nirbhartsya: Kriya (क्रिया-पूर्वक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir-√bharts (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); 'having scolded/rebuked'

• sva-sutam: her own son
• sva-sutam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'one’s own son'); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: 'then')

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (adverb: 'again/back')

• viveśa: entered
• viveśa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√viś (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sva-gṛham: her own house
• sva-gṛham: Karma (कर्म/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'one’s own house'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• gopī: the cowherd woman
• gopī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gopī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• roṣa-samanvitā: accompanied by anger
• roṣa-samanvitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/सह-भाव: 'with anger'); कृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (gopī)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The child cries ‘Hā Hā’ while the mother scolds him; she turns away and enters the house, leaving the child in the courtyard amid disrupted worship.

Characters & Entities

• Gopī
• Bālaka (child)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger and harshness toward sincere devotion deepen suffering; dharma favors restraint and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is indicated in this verse; it functions within a devotional exemplum (māhātmya-style teaching).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the narrative context around disrupted worship.