Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

स्वयं चातिदुराचारः पापिनामपि पापराट् । मंसाशी मद्यसेवी च परदाररतः सदा

Transliteration

svayaṃ cātidurācāraḥ pāpināmapi pāparāṭ | maṃsāśī madyasevī ca paradārarataḥ sadā

Translation

সত্যই আমি নিজে ছিলাম অতিদুরাচারী—পাপীদের মধ্যেও পাপরাজ। আমি মাংসাহারী, মদ্যপায়ী, এবং সর্বদা পরস্ত্রীতে আসক্ত ছিলাম।

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: myself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक/स्वयंकर्तृवाचक (oneself)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अतिदुराचारः: extremely wicked in conduct
• अतिदुराचारः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुराचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (अत्यन्तं दुराचारः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• पापिनाम्: of sinners
• पापिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक (even/also)

• पापराट्: king of sinners (worst sinner)
• पापराट्: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + राज्/राट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापानां राट्/राजा); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• मांसाशी: meat-eater
• मांसाशी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक) + अश् (धातु, कृदन्त ‘आशी’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मांसम् आशी/अश्नाति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण

• मद्यसेवी: wine-drinker
• मद्यसेवी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सेव् (धातु, कृदन्त ‘सेवी’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मद्यं सेवते इति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• परदाररतः: addicted to others’ wives
• परदाररतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + दार (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (रम् धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (परस्य दारेषु रतः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्वार्थक (always)

Speaker

A repentant sinner (self-confession narrative; specific name not in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A confessional portrait: the once-respected brāhmaṇa admits being ‘king of sinners’—visualize inner darkness contrasted with the faint possibility of redemption (lamp, Śiva-liṅga in distance, or dawn light).

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Open acknowledgement of grave wrongdoing is the first step toward repentance and transformation in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it lists unethical behaviors condemned by dharma.