Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

किंचित्कालं क्षपित्वाहं प्राप्स्ये मोक्षं निरामयम् । भवन्तस्त्विह सन्तापं मां कुरुध्वं महर्षयः

Transliteration

kiṃcitkālaṃ kṣapitvāhaṃ prāpsye mokṣaṃ nirāmayam | bhavantastviha santāpaṃ māṃ kurudhvaṃ maharṣayaḥ

Translation

Après endurer quelque temps, j’atteindrai la mokṣa, sans tache et sans douleur. Mais ici, ô grands ṛṣis, ne m’infligez pas davantage de tourment.

Word by Word

• किंचित्: some
• किंचित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किंचित् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘some’ (as qualifier of कालम्)

• कालम्: time (a while)
• कालम्: Kala (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; कालावधि (extent of time)

• क्षपित्वा: having passed (spent)
• क्षपित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षप् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive): ‘having spent/passed’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्राप्स्ये: will attain
• प्राप्स्ये: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लृट् (Simple future), पुरुषः—उत्तम (1st), वचनम्—एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• निरामयम्: free from illness/suffering
• निरामयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरामय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with मोक्षम्)

• भवन्तः: you (honored ones)
• भवन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (Adverb of place)

• सन्तापम्: torment, distress
• सन्तापम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• कुरुध्वम्: do, inflict
• कुरुध्वम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लोट् (Imperative), पुरुषः—मध्यम (2nd), वचनम्—बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• महर्षयः: O great sages
• महर्षयः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative) बहुवचन (form identical to nominative plural)

Speaker

Māṇḍavya Ṛṣi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha milieu (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahārṣis/brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The penitent, possibly afflicted, speaks serenely: ‘after a little while I will attain stainless liberation’; sages are asked not to trouble him further.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya
• Maharṣayaḥ (great sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Patiently exhausting karmic residue through endurance can culminate in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is stated in the verse; the emphasis is on inner discipline within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implies tapas (austerity/endurance) as a mode of expiation.