Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

मंदुरायां स्थितं यच्च काष्ठमेतत्प्रदृश्यते । याज्ञवल्क्यस्ततो दृष्ट्वा सकोपस्तमुपाद्रवत्

Transliteration

maṃdurāyāṃ sthitaṃ yacca kāṣṭhametatpradṛśyate | yājñavalkyastato dṛṣṭvā sakopastamupādravat

Translation

«А вон тот кусок дерева, что виден лежащим в конюшне…» — увидев это, Яджнявалкья (Yājñavalkya) воспылал гневом и бросился на него.

Word by Word

• मन्दुरायाम्: in the stable/pen (maṃdurā)
• मन्दुरायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular feminine

• स्थितम्: standing/placed
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle; ‘standing/placed’

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun nominative singular neuter

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय; ‘and’

• काष्ठम्: a piece of wood
• काष्ठम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular neuter

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• प्रदृश्यते: is seen/appears
• प्रदृश्यते: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense); ‘is seen/appears’

• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Yājñavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘then/thereupon’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having seen’

• सकोपः: angry
• सकोपः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular; ‘angry/with anger’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular

• उपाद्रवत्: rushed at/attacked
• उपाद्रवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘ran up/attacked’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yājñavalkya, eyes blazing, strides forward in anger toward the mocker; behind them a stable with a rough piece of wood lying on the ground, foreshadowing transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• stable (mandurā)
• wood (kāṣṭha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives portray how contemptuous speech and impure associations can provoke righteous indignation, pushing the story toward repentance and revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets up a miracle motif involving a piece of wood in a stable.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse narrates an incident involving Yājñavalkya’s anger.