Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अनया रोषताम्राक्ष्या स विप्रस्तु निवारितः । इमां स्मरन्दिवानक्तं निधनं प्रत्यपद्यत

Transliteration

anayā roṣatāmrākṣyā sa viprastu nivāritaḥ | imāṃ smarandivānaktaṃ nidhanaṃ pratyapadyata

Translation

Bị nàng ngăn lại—đôi mắt đỏ vì giận—vị brāhmaṇa ấy phải lui bước; nhưng vì nhớ nàng ngày đêm, rốt cuộc chàng cũng gặp cái chết.

Word by Word

• anayā: by her
• anayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया/करण (3rd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• roṣa-tāmra-akṣyā: by (the woman) whose eyes were copper-red with anger
• roṣa-tāmra-akṣyā: Visheshana (Adjective of anayā/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tāmra (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया/करण (3rd case), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (रोषेण ताम्रे अक्षिणी यस्याः)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vipraḥ: the Brahmin
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• nivāritaḥ: was restrained/prevented
• nivāritaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nivārita (कृदन्त; √vṛ (धातु) णिच् causative + क्त; उपसर्ग नि-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) = ‘निवारितः’ (was restrained)

• imām: her
• imām: Karma (Object of smaran/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/कर्म (2nd case), एकवचन

• smaran: remembering
• smaran: Karta (Participial subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय) परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्मरन्’ = remembering

• divā-naktam: day and night
• divā-naktam: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय) + nakta (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-समासः (द्वन्द्वः) ‘divā ca naktam ca’ = day and night; क्रियाविशेषण

• nidhanaṃ: death
• nidhanaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/कर्म (2nd case), एकवचन

• pratyapadyata: met/attained
• pratyapadyata: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√pad (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman, eyes reddened with anger, raises a restraining hand; the brāhmaṇa recoils. In a second vignette-like suggestion, he lies weakened, haunted by her image, indicating death by obsession.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when an act is stopped externally, inner obsession can still destroy peace and life; mastery of mind is essential to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred site is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.