Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

क्रोधात्पितृवधो जातस्तथा मातृवधः परः । ब्रह्महत्या च कन्यैका क्रोधस्य तनया अमी

Transliteration

krodhātpitṛvadho jātastathā mātṛvadhaḥ paraḥ | brahmahatyā ca kanyaikā krodhasya tanayā amī

Translation

کرودھ (غصے) سے باپ کا قتل پیدا ہوا، اسی طرح ماں کا قتل بھی؛ اور برہمن ہتیا (برہمن کا قتل) بھی—یہ سب کرودھ کی اولاد کہی گئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• क्रोधात्: from anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• पितृ-वधः: killing of the father
• पितृ-वधः: Karta/Subject (in equational sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('पितुः वधः'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• जातः: was born/arose
• जातः: Predicate (state/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) 'जात'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मातृ-वधः: killing of the mother
• मातृ-वधः: Karta/Subject (in equational sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('मातुः वधः'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• परः: another, further
• परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• ब्रह्म-हत्या: killing of a Brahmin (brahmahatyā)
• ब्रह्म-हत्या: Karta/Subject (in equational sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('ब्रह्मणः हत्या'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• कन्या-एका: a single daughter
• कन्या-एका: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः ('एका कन्या'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• क्रोधस्य: of anger
• क्रोधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• तनयाः: daughters
• तनयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Plural)

• अमी: these (those)
• अमी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced from Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark allegory: Krodha personified as a red, flame-wreathed figure casting a shadow over a household; three symbolic scenes (patricide, matricide, brahma-hatyā) shown as cautionary silhouettes; a contrasting calm sage extinguishes flames with a water-pot labeled Kṣamā.

Characters & Entities

• Krodha
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger is portrayed as a destructive force capable of producing the most horrific sins; conquering krodha is essential to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse is a moral warning about krodha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied discipline is anger-control and adherence to dharma.