Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

प्राप्तं दुःखं मया घोरं पूर्वजन्मार्जितं फलम् । मा विषादं कुरुध्वं भोः कृतं पापं तु भुज्यते

Transliteration

prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ mayā ghoraṃ pūrvajanmārjitaṃ phalam | mā viṣādaṃ kurudhvaṃ bhoḥ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tu bhujyate

Translation

Cette souffrance terrible qui m’atteint est le fruit amassé d’une naissance antérieure. Ne vous affligez pas, ô vénérables : le péché accompli doit assurément être enduré dans ses effets.

Word by Word

• प्राप्तम्: has come, obtained
• प्राप्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘obtained/has come’ (qualifying duḥkham)

• दुःखम्: suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मया: to me
• मया: Sampradana (Experiencer/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम—‘by me/to me’ (here: to me/for me)

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘terrible’

• पूर्वजन्मार्जितम्: earned in a previous birth
• पूर्वजन्मार्जितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व + जन्मन् + अर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘पूर्वजन्मना अर्जितम्’ (acquired in a previous birth)

• फलम्: result, fruit
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (prohibitive particle: do not)

• विषादम्: despondency
• विषादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कुरुध्वम्: do (you all)
• कुरुध्वम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘do/make’

• भोः: O!
• भोः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधन-निपात (vocative particle: O!)

• कृतम्: committed
• कृतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/committed’ (qualifying pāpam)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: indeed/but)

• भुज्यते: is endured/experienced
• भुज्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘is experienced/suffered’

Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māṇḍavya, grievously afflicted, speaks calmly: ‘Do not grieve; this is past-born fruit; sin must be endured.’ Sages listen with softened faces.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering can be the maturation of past karma; dharma calls for steadiness and acceptance rather than despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is ethical-philosophical; the wider Revā Khaṇḍa context belongs to the Narmadā sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it teaches the doctrine of karmic consequence (pāpa-phala) and forbearance.