Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

कर्मातिशयदुःखार्तिप्रदावायतिनाशनौ । तद्गच्छत न भीः कार्या भवतीभिरिदं वचः

Transliteration

karmātiśayaduḥkhārtipradāvāyatināśanau | tadgacchata na bhīḥ kāryā bhavatībhiridaṃ vacaḥ

Translation

Ils anéantissent les longues afflictions et souffrances engendrées par l’excès des conséquences karmiques. Allez donc, n’ayez point peur : telle est mon injonction.

Word by Word

• कर्मातिशयदुःखार्तिप्रदावायतिनाशनौ: the two who destroy the calamity of suffering arising from excess of karma
• कर्मातिशयदुःखार्तिप्रदावायतिनाशनौ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्म + अतिशय + दुःख + आर्ति + प्रद + अवायति + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; बहुपद-समास; विशेषण (तौ/नरनारायणौ)

• तत्: to that (place/goal)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (गमनस्य लक्ष्य)

• गच्छत: go (you all)
• गच्छत: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• भीः: fear
• भीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कार्याः: to be done / should be (made)
• कार्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृत्य/अनीयर्-अर्थे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (भीः)

• भवतीभिः: by you ladies / by you (respectful)
• भवतीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; आदरार्थ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (वचः)

• वचः: statement/word
• वचः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana (Nara-Nārāyaṇa tapo-kṣetra)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Apsarases (varāṅganāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s emissaries reassured: the ascetics’ presence is shown as a protective radiance that dissolves dark karmic chains into light.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic view links deep tapas with the power to burn or neutralize karmic suffering, emphasizing spiritual discipline as a remedy to long-standing afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it highlights the spiritual potency of the sages within the Gandhamādana episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse speaks of karmic afflictions and their destruction through the sages’ spiritual power.