Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

त्यागिनः पितृमातृभ्यां ये च स्वर्णहरा नराः । गोघ्ना ये मनुजा लोके तथा ये प्राणिहिंसकाः

Transliteration

tyāginaḥ pitṛmātṛbhyāṃ ye ca svarṇaharā narāḥ | goghnā ye manujā loke tathā ye prāṇihiṃsakāḥ

Translation

Ceux qui délaissent leur père et leur mère, et les hommes qui volent l’or; ceux qui tuent la vache en ce monde, et ceux qui font violence aux êtres vivants—(même eux se plongent en moi, confiants en ma sainteté).

Word by Word

• tyāginaḥ: those who abandon/renounce
• tyāginaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tyāgin (प्रातिपदिक; त्यज्-धातु से क्तिन्/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेष्य-रूपेण (agent noun: ‘renouncers/abandoners’)

• pitṛmātṛbhyām: by/from (their) father and mother
• pitṛmātṛbhyām: Karana/Apadana (Instrument/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; द्विवचन; तृतीया (3rd) / पञ्चमी (5th) द्विवचन (पितृ-मातृ-शब्दयोः ‘by/from father and mother’)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः (relative pronoun)

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

• svarṇaharāḥ: gold-stealers
• svarṇaharāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक; √hṛ धातु, ‘to take/steal’)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (svarṇasya haraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• narāḥ: men
• narāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• goghnāḥ: cow-killers
• goghnāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + ghna (प्रातिपदिक; √han धातु, ‘to kill’)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (goṃ ghnanti iti); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• manujāḥ: humans/men
• manujāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: ‘likewise/also’)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• prāṇihiṃsakāḥ: harmers of living beings
• prāṇihiṃsakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇin (प्रातिपदिक) + hiṃsaka (प्रातिपदिक; √hiṃs धातु, ‘to harm’)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (prāṇināṃ hiṃsakaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Gaṅgā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembled sages (naimiṣāraṇya frame) / internal interlocutors of the Revā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broad sacred riverbank at dawn: penitents of varied backgrounds—an aged man leaning on a staff, a remorseful thief, a hunter with lowered bow—step into the flowing Revā, hands joined, while sages on the bank recite mantras; the river is personified as a luminous goddess receiving them without partiality.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma acknowledges grave wrongdoing yet emphasizes the possibility of purification through sincere recourse to sacred means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shloka continues the glorification of Gaṅgā as a purifier-tirtha, within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: snāna/immersion in the sacred river as a prāyaścitta-oriented act.