Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तः स राजेन्द्रस्तेन विप्रेण भारत । क्रोधसंरक्तनयन इदं वचनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

evamuktaḥ sa rājendrastena vipreṇa bhārata | krodhasaṃraktanayana idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Translation

Так обращённый тем брахманом, о Бхарата, владыка царей — с глазами, покрасневшими от гнева, — произнёс такие слова.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• uktaḥ: addressed / spoken to
• uktaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; ‘(being) spoken to/said’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• rāja-indraḥ: the king, lord of kings
• rāja-indraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (determinative: ‘king among kings’)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vipreṇa: by the brahmin
• vipreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम/वंशनाम

• krodha-saṃrakta-nayanaḥ: having eyes reddened with anger
• krodha-saṃrakta-nayanaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃrakta (कृदन्त; √rañj (धातु) + क्त, उपसर्ग saṃ-) + nayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (possessive: ‘whose eyes are reddened with anger’)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम, विशेषण

• vacanam: speech, words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (introducing the king’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, eyes reddened, clenches his jaw and turns from negotiation to threat, courtiers tense; the sage remains composed in the hermitage backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Rājendra (the king)
• Vipra/Brāhmaṇa (Jamadagni)
• Bhārata (addressee in narration)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger clouds discernment and becomes the doorway to adharma, even for rulers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger Revā Khaṇḍa setting relates to the Narmadā sacred corridor; this verse itself is transitional narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse highlights the moral psychology leading into a dharma conflict.