Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तां दृष्ट्वा राघवः सीतां कोपसंरक्तलोचनः । प्रोवाच परुषैर्वाक्यैर्भर्त्समानो मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ sītāṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ | provāca paruṣairvākyairbhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

سیتا کو دیکھ کر راغھو کی آنکھیں غضب سے سرخ ہو گئیں؛ وہ سخت کلمات بولنے لگا اور بار بار اسے ملامت کرتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• tām: her
• tām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + -tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वा): 'having seen'

• rāghavaḥ: Rāghava (Rāma)
• rāghavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sītām: Sītā
• sītām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; apposition to tām

• kopa-saṃrakta-locanaḥ: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• kopa-saṃrakta-locanaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃrakta (सम्√रञ्ज् + क्त, कृदन्त) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहुपद): 'kopa' (by anger) + 'saṃrakta' (reddened) qualifying 'locana'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of rāghavaḥ

• provāca: said, spoke
• provāca: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• paruṣaiḥ: with harsh
• paruṣaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (as adjective to vākyaiḥ), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• vākyaiḥ: words, statements
• vākyaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• bhartsamānaḥ: rebuking, scolding
• bhartsamānaḥ: Karta (Agent participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bharts (धातु) + śānac (शानच्)
• Form: कृदन्त (present active participle/शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; rāghavaḥ-विशेषण, क्रियासहकारी

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kāla (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): 'again and again'

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Kāla (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Rāma’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma faces Sītā with reddened, angry eyes; his posture tense, hand raised in rebuke; Sītā stands composed yet startled, the forest hermitage behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often show how strong emotion can cloud judgment, urging self-restraint especially during sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is identified in this line; it functions as narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse continues the śrāddha-time storyline.