Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

मैवं भवेयमन्येषु अपि जन्मसु पातकी । न मामस्मादभिप्रायादर्हः कोऽपि निवर्तितुम्

Transliteration

maivaṃ bhaveyamanyeṣu api janmasu pātakī | na māmasmādabhiprāyādarhaḥ ko'pi nivartitum

Translation

May I not become such a sinner in other births as well. No one has the right to turn me back from this resolve.

Word by Word

• मा: may not / do not
• मा: Modifier (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात; लोट्/विधिलिङ्-सम्बद्धः (prohibitive)

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Modifier (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भवेयम्: I should become/be
• भवेयम्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• अन्येषु: in other
• अन्येषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘जन्मसु’

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Modifier (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• जन्मसु: in births
• जन्मसु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• पातकी: a sinner
• पातकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद (स्ववाचक)

• न: not
• न: Modifier (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation particle)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• अभिप्रायात्: from (this) resolve/intention
• अभिप्रायात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिप्राय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• अर्हः: able/fit
• अर्हः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘कोऽपि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कः: who (anyone)
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थे ‘अपि’ सह

• अपि: even/any
• अपि: Modifier (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite with interrogative)

• निवर्तितुम्: to turn back/stop
• निवर्तितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), परस्मैपद-धात्वर्थ; प्रयोजन/कर्मार्थक

Speaker

Barbarīka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: māhī-sāgara-saṅgama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the shore, the penitent declares he will not be a sinner in future births and forbids anyone from dissuading him; companions reach out in alarm while he stands immovable against the wind.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repentance becomes transformative when paired with unwavering resolve to prevent future wrongdoing and accept consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly praised in this verse; it reinforces the vow connected to the confluence mentioned nearby.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a statement of sankalpa (firm intention).