Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं त्वं सर्वेषां च दिवौकसाम् । कोपस्य कारणं ब्रूहि यतस्त्यक्त्वा प्रगच्छसि

Transliteration

tasmātkuru prasādaṃ tvaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām | kopasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi yatastyaktvā pragacchasi

Translation

پس تم آسمانی باسی سب دیوتاؤں پر کرپا کرو۔ اپنے غضب کا سبب بتاؤ کہ کس وجہ سے تم ترک کر کے روانہ ہو رہے ہو۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुँलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• कुरु: do/make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादम्: favor/grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective) प्रयुक्तं संज्ञावत्, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; (divaukasām इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दिवौकसाम्: of the gods (heaven-dwellers)
• दिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• कोपस्य: of (your) anger
• कोपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• कारणम्: cause/reason
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ब्रूहि: tell/say
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यतः: because/for which reason
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb), अर्थे ‘यस्मात्/यतः’ = ‘because/from which reason’

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• प्रगच्छसि: you go away/depart
• प्रगच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

Speaker

Brahmā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Sūta-to-ṛṣi frame, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deva-assembly in Svarga: anxious gods entreat a departing deity to be gracious and disclose the cause of anger; gestures of supplication and calm authority dominate the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Agni
• Divaukas (devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful forces must be guided back to prasāda (grace); dharma favors inquiry, restraint, and reconciliation over unchecked wrath.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but this verse does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse urges prasāda (appeasement) and explanation of the cause of anger.