Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

कोपात्तपः क्षयं याति संचितं यत्सुकृच्छ्रतः । यथाभ्रपटलं प्राप्य प्रकाशः पुष्पवंतयोः

Transliteration

kopāttapaḥ kṣayaṃ yāti saṃcitaṃ yatsukṛcchrataḥ | yathābhrapaṭalaṃ prāpya prakāśaḥ puṣpavaṃtayoḥ

Translation

Sa galit, ang tapas na naipon sa matinding pagsisikap ay nauuwi sa pagkalagas—gaya ng liwanag na napapawi kapag tinakpan ng makapal na ulap.

Word by Word

• कोपात्: from anger
• कोपात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्षयम्: to destruction; to loss
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• याति: goes; comes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संचितम्: accumulated
• संचितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √चि (धातु) → संचित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• सुकृच्छ्रतः: with great difficulty; from severe effort
• सुकृच्छ्रतः: Apadana (Manner/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (कृच्छ्रम्), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/उपायवाचक (with great difficulty)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (just as)

• अभ्र-पटलम्: a mass/layer of clouds
• अभ्र-पटलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पटल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• प्राप्य: having reached; upon encountering
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + √आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having reached/encountered

• प्रकाशः: light; brightness
• प्रकाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुष्पवंतयोः: of/among the flower-bearing (trees/plants)
• पुष्पवंतयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/Locative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (6th/7th Gen./Loc.), द्विवचन; (द्विवचन-रूप: -वतोः)

Speaker

Muni (sage) speaking (didactic)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant lamp/sun labeled ‘Tapas’ shines, while thick clouds labeled ‘Krodha’ roll in and dim the glow; a pilgrim-sage in Kāśī watches, hands in japa-mudrā.

Characters & Entities

• Kopa (anger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is hard-won but easily diminished by anger; spiritual brilliance must be protected by calmness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma message.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on cultivating kṣamā (forbearance) and serenity.