Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

किं वापराद्धं तव देवदेव यन्मायया नो हृदयं तवापि । मायाभिशङ्किप्रणतार्तिहन्तर्मनो हि नो विह्वलतामुपैति

Transliteration

kiṃ vāparāddhaṃ tava devadeva yanmāyayā no hṛdayaṃ tavāpi | māyābhiśaṅkipraṇatārtihantarmano hi no vihvalatāmupaiti

Translation

O Gott der Götter, welche Verfehlung könnte wahrhaft die Deine sein—wenn durch Deine Māyā unsere Herzen sogar von Dir weggezogen werden? O Vernichter der Not der Hingebenden, aus Furcht vor dieser Māyā gerät unser Geist wahrlich in Unruhe.

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun (प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle: ‘or’)

• अपराद्धम्: offence, wrongdoing
• अपराद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; past act of offence (offence)

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; 2nd person pronoun (genitive)

• देवदेव: O God of gods
• देवदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘देवानां देवः’)

• यत्: which, that (which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• मायया: by (your) māyā, illusion
• मायया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental

• नः: to us / our
• नः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/4), बहुवचन; enclitic pronoun ‘our/to us’

• हृदयम्: heart, mind
• हृदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)

• मायाभिशङ्कि: O one who suspects through māyā
• मायाभिशङ्कि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माया + अभिशङ्कि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (‘मायां अभिशङ्कते इति’)—one who suspects (others) due to māyā

• प्रणतार्तिहन्तः: O remover of the distress of the surrendered
• प्रणतार्तिहन्तः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणत + आर्ति + हन्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-समासार्थ (‘प्रणतानाम् आर्तिं हन्ति’)—destroyer of the distress of the bowed

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; enclitic ‘our’

• विह्वलताम्: bewilderment, agitation
• विह्वलताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विह्वलता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• उपैति: attains, comes to
• उपैति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + इ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devotees/Sages (collective kṣamāprārthanā within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of weary pilgrims/devotees with folded hands confess inner agitation before a radiant Viṣṇu; māyā suggested as a veiling mist or swirling dark current around the heart-lotus, while the Lord’s glance calms it.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• māyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devotee confesses inner turbulence caused by māyā and seeks refuge in the Lord who relieves the suffering of the surrendered.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s devotional setting connected to Revā/Narmadā tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the implied practice is śaraṇāgati (surrender) alongside prayerful self-examination.