Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

कच्चिन्नैतेन दोषेण समाश्लिष्टोऽसि पांडव । अत्र चांगिरसा गीतां गाथामेतां हि शुश्रुम

Transliteration

kaccinnaitena doṣeṇa samāśliṣṭo'si pāṃḍava | atra cāṃgirasā gītāṃ gāthāmetāṃ hi śuśruma

Translation

O Pāṇḍava, ich frage dich: Bist du nicht von diesem Makel umschlungen? Denn hier haben wir wahrlich eben diese lehrhafte Strophe gehört, gesungen von einem Āṅgirasa.

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: is it possible that...?
• कच्चित्: Sambandha (Interrogative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रश्नार्थक निपात

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• एतेन: by/with this
• एतेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दोषेण: by a fault/defect
• दोषेण: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• समाश्लिष्टः: afflicted/embraced (by)
• समाश्लिष्टः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√श्लिष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (त्वम्)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अत्र: here/in this context
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Place/Topic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• आङ्गिरसा: by Āṅgirasa
• आङ्गिरसा: Kartr (Agent in passive sense)/Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (कर्तृकरणे: by Āṅgirasa)

• गीताम्: a song/recitation
• गीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गाथाम्: a verse/ballad
• गाथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'गीताम्' इत्यस्य अपपद/विशेष्य (appositional)

• एताम्: this
• एताम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गाथाम्)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeed/for)

• शुश्रुम: we heard
• शुश्रुम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada leans slightly forward, cautioning Arjuna about a ‘doṣa’ that can cling to pilgrims; a scroll/palm-leaf manuscript or symbolic sound-wave motif suggests the heard Āṅgirasa gāthā.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍava
• Āṅgirasa
• Aṅgiras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A pilgrim should examine and correct personal doṣas, since inner faults can obstruct the fruit of holy practices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the verse introduces an authoritative gāthā relevant to tīrtha-dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it frames a dharmic inquiry and cites traditional authority (Āṅgirasa gāthā).