Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

पुनरेव प्रकुपिता हरं प्रोवाच भामिनी । तवार्जवं न हृदये काठिन्यं वेद्मि नित्यदा

Transliteration

punareva prakupitā haraṃ provāca bhāminī | tavārjavaṃ na hṛdaye kāṭhinyaṃ vedmi nityadā

Translation

ପୁଣି କ୍ରୋଧିତ ହୋଇ ସେ ଭାମିନୀ ହରଙ୍କୁ କହିଲେ—“ତୁମ ହୃଦୟରେ ମୁଁ ସରଳତା ଦେଖୁନି; ମୁଁ ସଦା ତୁମ କଠୋରତାକୁ ହିଁ ଜାଣେ।”

Word by Word

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Nipāta (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; अवधारण)

• prakupitā: enraged
• prakupitā: Kartṛ (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra√kup (धातु) + prakupita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• haram: Hara (Śiva)
• haram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• provāca: said/spoke
• provāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhāminī: the angry woman (Pārvatī)
• bhāminī: Kartṛ (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ārjavam: straightforwardness/sincerity
• ārjavam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārjava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• hṛdaye: in (your) heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• kāṭhinyam: hardness/harshness
• kāṭhinyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṭhinya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vedmi: I know
• vedmi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nityadā: always
• nityadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of time)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lady, again inflamed, confronts Hara face-to-face, accusing him of lacking straightforwardness and possessing perpetual hardness; Śiva remains still, embodying austere detachment.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse dramatizes the moral demand for inner sincerity; spiritual authority must align heart and action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this shloka; it functions as dialogue within a broader tīrtha-glorification chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is an ethical and relational teaching in narrative form.