Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं त्वं सर्वेषां च दिवौकसाम् । कोपस्य कारणं ब्रूहि यतस्त्यक्त्वा प्रगच्छसि

Transliteration

tasmātkuru prasādaṃ tvaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām | kopasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi yatastyaktvā pragacchasi

Translation

ଏହିହେତୁ ତୁମେ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗବାସୀ ସମସ୍ତ ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ହେଉ। ଯେ କାରଣରୁ ତୁମେ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରି ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କରୁଛ, ସେ କ୍ରୋଧର କାରଣ କୁହ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुँलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• कुरु: do/make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादम्: favor/grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective) प्रयुक्तं संज्ञावत्, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; (divaukasām इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दिवौकसाम्: of the gods (heaven-dwellers)
• दिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• कोपस्य: of (your) anger
• कोपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• कारणम्: cause/reason
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ब्रूहि: tell/say
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यतः: because/for which reason
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb), अर्थे ‘यस्मात्/यतः’ = ‘because/from which reason’

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• प्रगच्छसि: you go away/depart
• प्रगच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

Speaker

Brahmā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Sūta-to-ṛṣi frame, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deva-assembly in Svarga: anxious gods entreat a departing deity to be gracious and disclose the cause of anger; gestures of supplication and calm authority dominate the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Agni
• Divaukas (devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful forces must be guided back to prasāda (grace); dharma favors inquiry, restraint, and reconciliation over unchecked wrath.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but this verse does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse urges prasāda (appeasement) and explanation of the cause of anger.