Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

न भवन्तीह चाङ्गेषु पूर्वकर्मार्जितान्यपि । कृष्णां धेनुं तथाष्टम्यां या प्रयच्छति भामिनी

Transliteration

na bhavantīha cāṅgeṣu pūrvakarmārjitānyapi | kṛṣṇāṃ dhenuṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ yā prayacchati bhāminī

Translation

Même les maux acquis par les actes des karmas antérieurs ne se manifestent pas sur son corps ici, ô noble dame : celle qui, au jour lunaire d’Aṣṭamī, donne en aumône une vache noire.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• भवन्ति: occur/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• अङ्गेषु: in the limbs/body
• अङ्गेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पूर्वकर्मार्जितानि: acquired from former deeds
• पूर्वकर्मार्जितानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व-कर्म-अर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; अर्ज् (धातु)+क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle) used adjectivally; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even/also)

• कृष्णाम्: black
• कृष्णाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• धेनुम्: cow
• धेनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रयच्छति: gives
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• भामिनी: a lady
• भामिनी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāminī / Rājñī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Aṣṭamī, a noblewoman leads a black cow decorated with garlands to a righteous brāhmaṇa; the cow is calm, with a small bell; the river and a small shrine appear in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed on an auspicious tithi is presented as a dharmic remedy that weakens the painful ripening of past karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is situated within the Revā Khaṇḍa, aligned with the sacred culture of pilgrimage and giving in the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna: gifting a black cow on Aṣṭamī.