Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
उक्ता प्रत्युत्तरं दद्यान्नारी या क्रोधत त्परा । सरमा जायते ग्रामे शृगाली निर्जने वने
Transliteration
uktā pratyuttaraṃ dadyānnārī yā krodhata tparā | saramā jāyate grāme śṛgālī nirjane vane
Translation
สตรีใดเมื่อได้รับคำสั่งสอนแล้วกลับตอบโต้ด้วยความโกรธ กล่าวกันว่านางจักเกิดเป็นสุนัขในหมู่บ้าน หรือเป็นหมาไนในป่าร้างอันเปลี่ยว
Word by Word
उक्ताwhen addressed / spoken to
उक्ता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle: “having been spoken to/when addressed”)
प्रत्युत्तरम्a retort / reply
प्रत्युत्तरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (praty-uttara = “counter-answer”)
दद्यात्should give / utter
दद्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (should give/utter)
नारीwoman
नारी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. nominative singular)
याwho
या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative: “who”)
क्रोधतःfrom anger
क्रोधतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause: “from/through anger”)
तत्पराintent on that / devoted to (anger)
तत्परा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक) + टाप् (स्त्रीप्रत्यय)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (tat-parā = “intent on that”, here: intent on anger/retorting)
सरमाa female dog (Saramā)
सरमा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसरमा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. nominative singular)
जायतेis born
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (is born/becomes)
ग्रामेin a village
ग्रामे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. locative singular)
शृगालीa female jackal
शृगाली:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशृगालिन्/शृगाल (प्रातिपदिक) + ङीप् (स्त्रीप्रत्यय)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. nominative singular)
निर्जनेdeserted
निर्जने:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर् (उपसर्ग) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; निर्जन-तत्पुरुष (locative singular; qualifying वने)
वनेin a forest
वने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter locative singular)
Speaker
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice; didactic instruction in context)
FAQs
Anger and disrespectful speech are condemned; restraint in response is presented as essential to dharmic living.
No holy site is mentioned; the verse uses karmic imagery to reinforce ethical discipline.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a behavioral warning about angry retorts and their negative karmic consequences.