Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

ततः कोपपरा जाता श्रीमाता नृपसत्तम । कोपेन भृकुटीं कृत्वा रक्तनेत्रांतलोचनाम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kopaparā jātā śrīmātā nṛpasattama | kopena bhṛkuṭīṃ kṛtvā raktanetrāṃtalocanām

Translation

پھر شری ماتا، اے بہترین بادشاہ، غضب میں سراسر ڈوب گئیں؛ غصّے سے بھنویں سکیڑ لیں اور آنکھوں کے کنارے سرخ ہو اٹھے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘then/from that’)

• कोपपरा: wrathful
• कोपपरा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप + परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘intent on anger/filled with anger’

• जाता: became
• जाता: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having become’

• श्रीमाता: Śrīmātā (the revered Mother)
• श्रीमाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper epithet ‘Śrīmātā’

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘O best of kings’

• कोपेन: with anger
• कोपेन: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• भृकुटीम्: a frown (knitted brow)
• भृकुटीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृकुटी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having made’

• रक्तनेत्रान्तलोचनाम्: (making her) with eyes red at the corners
• रक्तनेत्रान्तलोचनाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + नेत्र + अन्त + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifying (implicit) ‘her form/face/eyes’: ‘having eyes with red corners’

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Vyāsa continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya / Satya-mandira (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasaṭtama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrīmātā’s face transforms: brows knit, eyes redden at the corners; the moment before unleashing power, charged with protective fury.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Nṛpasattama (king—listener, unnamed here)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine wrath is depicted as dharma-protecting energy—arising to remove forces that harm the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya setting remains implicit; the verse is a dramatic description rather than a tirtha-glorification line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition into the Devī’s protective action.