Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

मानसं चैव यत्पापं नराणामिह जायते । पश्चात्तापे कृते तस्य तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति

Transliteration

mānasaṃ caiva yatpāpaṃ narāṇāmiha jāyate | paścāttāpe kṛte tasya tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

Translation

Welche Sünde auch immer hier bei den Menschen auf der Ebene des Geistes entsteht—wird Reue darüber vollzogen, vergeht sie in eben diesem Augenblick.

Word by Word

• mānasaṃ: mental (of the mind)
• mānasaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle: 'and')

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; relative adjective 'which')

• pāpaṃ: sin
• pāpaṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• narāṇām: of men
• narāṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• iha: here/in this world
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable adverb of place)

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular; Ātmanepada)

• paścāttāpe: in repentance
• paścāttāpe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paścāttāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• kṛte: when done/after being done
• kṛte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (Locative absolute: 'when/after ... is done')

• tasya: of it/of that (sin)
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• tat: from that
• tat: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Ablative, Singular; 'from that')

• kṣaṇāt: moment
• kṣaṇāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• eva: just/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• naśyati: perishes/is destroyed
• naśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim seated in quiet contemplation at a tīrtha-bank, hands in añjali, a faint dark cloud (sin) dissolving from the head/heart region into clear light as repentance arises.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rohitāśva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere repentance is a powerful purifier, especially for faults that arise at the level of thought.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned in this verse; the teaching supports tīrtha-māhātmya by defining inner purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Paścāttāpa (repentance/remorse) is prescribed as the remedy for mental sin.