Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

ततः कोपपरीतेन प्रतिज्ञातं मया स्फुटम् । सर्पानुद्दिश्य यत्सर्वं तन्निबोधय दारुणम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kopaparītena pratijñātaṃ mayā sphuṭam | sarpānuddiśya yatsarvaṃ tannibodhaya dāruṇam

Translation

ครั้นแล้วเมื่อถูกความพิโรธครอบงำ ข้าพเจ้าได้ปฏิญาณไว้โดยชัดแจ้ง จงฟังเถิดซึ่งปณิธานอันน่าสะพรึงทั้งหมดนั้น ที่ข้าพเจ้ามุ่งต่อเหล่านาคทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: 'तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्' (thereafter/from that)

• कोपपरीतेन: by one overcome with anger
• कोपपरीतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopaparīta (प्रातिपदिक; कोप + परीत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (instrumental qualifier)

• प्रतिज्ञातम्: promised
• प्रतिज्ञातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√jñā (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः = 'promised/declared'

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; 'by me'

• स्फुटम्: clearly
• स्फुटम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sphuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb; 'clearly/explicitly'

• सर्पान्: snakes
• सर्पान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• उद्दिश्य: with reference to / addressing
• उद्दिश्य: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√diś (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund) = 'having aimed at/with reference to'

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of यत्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्-सम्बन्ध (correlative)

• निबोधय: understand / know
• निबोधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√budh (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दारुणम्: terrible
• दारुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of तत्)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya episode (context not provided in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wrathful ascetic/householder, eyes reddened, gripping a staff, declares a fierce vow against serpents; the background hints at a sacred grove near a tīrtha, with nāgas recoiling among roots and stones.

Characters & Entities

• Sarpāḥ (serpents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vows made under the force of anger can become “dāruṇa” (terrible) and lead to further sin and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this shloka; the tīrtha context lies in the surrounding chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow (pratijñā) is mentioned, but it is narrative and not presented as a recommended religious observance.