Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शाठ्येनापि नमस्कारं प्रयुञ्जंश्चक्रपाणिनः । सप्तजन्मार्जितं पापं गच्छत्याशु न संशयः

Transliteration

śāṭhyenāpi namaskāraṃ prayuñjaṃścakrapāṇinaḥ | saptajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ gacchatyāśu na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

حتى لو قدّم المرءُ انحناءةَ التحية (نمسكارا) لربّ حاملِ القرص (فيشنو) على سبيل التظاهر، فإنّ خطيئةَ سبعِ ولاداتٍ تزول سريعًا، لا ريبَ في ذلك.

Word by Word

• śāṭhyena: with deceit/insincerity
• śāṭhyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāṭhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even/also)

• namaskāram: salutation
• namaskāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namaskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• prayuñjan: performing
• prayuñjan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yuj (युज्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘doing/performing’

• cakrapāṇinaḥ: of the one who holds the discus
• cakrapāṇinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (चक्रः पाणौ यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; epithet of Vishnu

• sapta-janma-arjitam: acquired over seven births
• sapta-janma-arjitam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक) + arjita (√arj, कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सप्तजन्मसु अर्जितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (of pāpam)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• gacchati: goes away/departs
• gacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hesitant pilgrim offers a quick, almost casual bow to Cakrapāṇi; unseen, dark karmic shadows dissolve; the Viṣṇu icon radiates steady compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrapāṇi (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s grace is so great that even a minimal gesture of reverence can trigger profound purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is framed within Revā Khaṇḍa, but the focus is devotion to Cakrapāṇi (Viṣṇu) rather than a named location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Namaskāra (bowing/prostration) to Viṣṇu.