Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

स्वभर्तृधर्मिणीं कोपं मा कुरुष्वातिथिं कुरु । सतां समीपं सम्प्राप्तां सर्वं मे क्षन्तुमर्हथ

Transliteration

svabhartṛdharmiṇīṃ kopaṃ mā kuruṣvātithiṃ kuru | satāṃ samīpaṃ samprāptāṃ sarvaṃ me kṣantumarhatha

Translation

لا تُوجّهوا غضبكم إليّ، فأنا قائمةٌ بدَرْمَة زوجي؛ بل اقبلوني ضيفةً. ولأني بلغتُ حضرة الصالحين، فالتمس منكم أن تعفوا عني في كل شيء.

Word by Word

• svabhartṛdharmiṇīm: a wife devoted to her own husband
• svabhartṛdharmiṇīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva + bhartṛ + dharminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य भर्तुः धर्मिणी)

• kopaṃ: anger
• kopaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle, used with imperative)

• kuruṣva: do / make
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• atithiṃ: guest
• atithiṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kuru: do / perform
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• satām: of the good (people)
• satām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• samīpaṃ: near / to the presence
• samīpaṃ: Adhikarana (Goal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे (as goal)

• samprāptām: having arrived
• samprāptām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘सम्प्राप्त’ = arrived

• sarvaṃ: everything
• sarvaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form

• kṣantum: to forgive
• kṣantum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣam (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-रूप (infinitive)

• arhatha: you all should / are worthy (to)
• arhatha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śāṇḍilī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (ethical injunction setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the kathā frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāṇḍilī stands before sages with composed firmness, requesting they treat her as a guest and not with anger; sages’ faces show mixed surprise and contemplation.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilī
• Sat (the virtuous/sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger is to be restrained; hospitality (ātithi-dharma) and forgiveness are hallmarks of saintly conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa’s spiritual atmosphere frames the teaching, but no single site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ātithi-satkāra is implied: treating the arriving person as a guest worthy of respect and non-violence.