Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यदि त्वं ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मर्षिः स्वयमेव तु । कामान्नायं वसिष्ठस्तु तस्मात्कोपं परित्यज

Transliteration

yadi tvaṃ brahmaṇā prokto brahmarṣiḥ svayameva tu | kāmānnāyaṃ vasiṣṭhastu tasmātkopaṃ parityaja

Translation

స్వయంగా బ్రహ్మదేవుడు నిన్ను బ్రహ్మర్షిగా ప్రకటించి ఉంటే, కోరికకు లోబడకుము. ఈ వసిష్ఠుడు విరోధించదగినవాడు కాదు; కనుక కోపాన్ని విడిచిపెట్టు.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

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

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā / by Brahman
• ब्रह्मणा: Kartr-karana (Agent/Instrument in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: declared, proclaimed
• प्रोक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘त्वम्’ इति विशेषण

• ब्रह्मर्षिः: a Brahmarṣi
• ब्रह्मर्षिः: Vidhana (Predicate noun/विधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmarṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मणः ऋषिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• स्वयम्: oneself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रवाचक-अव्यय (reflexive adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्योन्य-सम्बन्धसूचक-अव्यय (adversative particle)

• कामात्: from desire, out of desire
• कामात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

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

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: however
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्योन्य-सम्बन्धसूचक-अव्यय (adversative particle)

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• परित्यज: abandon, give up
• परित्यज: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Nadī (the river)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viśvāmitra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The river goddess delivers a pointed ethical teaching: if Viśvāmitra is truly a brahmarṣi, he must not be driven by desire; he should abandon anger toward Vasiṣṭha. The scene emphasizes calm authority overcoming wrath.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viśvāmitra
• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual rank (brahmarṣi-hood) is proven by conquering desire and anger, not by yielding to them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in the verse; it functions as dharmic counsel within a tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the instruction is inner discipline—renunciation of anger.