Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

स्मृत्युक्तं ते करिष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तं यथाविधि । उक्तमस्त्येव मनुना प्रायश्चित्तादिकं क्रमात्

Transliteration

smṛtyuktaṃ te kariṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ yathāvidhi | uktamastyeva manunā prāyaścittādikaṃ kramāt

Translation

سأؤدّي prāyaścitta (الكفّارة) كما وردت في السْمْرِتي، على الوجه المقرَّر. فإنّ مانو قد سنَّ حقًّا، على الترتيب، الإجراءات التي تبدأ بالكفّارة وما يتبعها.

Word by Word

• स्मृत्युक्तम्: prescribed in the Smṛti
• स्मृत्युक्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृति + उक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् (धातु) → उक्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying प्रायश्चित्तम्)

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), चतुर्थीविभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; enclitic form

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation, penance
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यथा: according as
• यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘as/according to’)

• विधि: rule, prescribed method
• विधि: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (yathā + acc. = ‘according to rule’)

• उक्तम्: has been said
• उक्तम्: Kriyā (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate with implicit ‘(idam)’

• अस्ति: is; exists
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Existential/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• मनुना: by Manu
• मनुना: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रायश्चित्तादिकम्: expiation and related (matters)
• प्रायश्चित्तादिकम्: Karman (Object/content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘etc.’-sense

• क्रमात्: in sequence; step by step
• क्रमात्: Sambandha (Manner/sequence)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमीविभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग = ‘in order/stepwise’

Speaker

Balarāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent pilgrim in Prabhāsa resolves before elders to perform Smṛti-prescribed expiation; palm-leaf manuscripts of Manu-smṛti are present; the sea-breeze and distant temple spire suggest the sacred field’s authority.

Characters & Entities

• Balarāma
• Manu
• Smṛti
• Prāyaścitta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma provides structured restoration: confession leads to prescribed expiation, re-establishing purity and right order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a sacred context where repentance and dharmaśāstric prāyaścitta are undertaken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prāyaścitta performed ‘yathāvidhi’ (according to rule), as taught by Smṛti and systematized by Manu.