Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

सन्निधानात्तथास्याशु क्षते क्षारावसेचनम् । प्रसादः क्रियतामाशु नीयतां नरकेऽन्यतः

Transliteration

sannidhānāttathāsyāśu kṣate kṣārāvasecanam | prasādaḥ kriyatāmāśu nīyatāṃ narake'nyataḥ

Translation

Par sa seule proximité, c’est comme si l’on versait aussitôt de l’alcali sur une plaie. Accordez vite votre faveur : emmenez-le vers un autre enfer.

Word by Word

• सन्निधानात्: from (his) presence; due to proximity
• सन्निधानात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• क्षते: in the wound
• क्षते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (location)

• क्षार-अवसेचनम्: pouring/sprinkling of alkali
• क्षार-अवसेचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षार (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसेचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्म/विधेय (object/predicate-noun)

• प्रसादः: relief; appeasement
• प्रसादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• क्रियताम्: let it be done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नीयताम्: let (him) be led
• नीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अन्यतः: elsewhere; from another place
• अन्यतः: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Nārakāḥ (hell-beings) petitioning Yamadūtas for relief, inferred from continuation in next verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hellish courtyard where tormented beings recoil from a newly arrived sinner; attendants gesture in disgust, likening his presence to caustic alkali poured into an open wound.

Characters & Entities

• Naraka
• Yamadūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Evil is depicted as corrosive even by proximity; dharma emphasizes removing harmful influences to protect others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a Naraka episode within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.