Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

सुवर्णहरणन्यासमित्रद्रोहोद्भवं तथा । नश्यते पातकं सर्वमित्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

suvarṇaharaṇanyāsamitradrohodbhavaṃ tathā | naśyate pātakaṃ sarvamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

De même, les fautes nées du vol de l’or, de la trahison d’un dépôt confié et de la perfidie envers un ami—oui, toute faute—s’évanouissent : ainsi l’a proclamé Śaṅkara (Śiva).

Word by Word

• सुवर्णहरणन्यासमित्रद्रोहोद्भवम्: (sin) arising from gold-theft, breach of trust, and betrayal of a friend
• सुवर्णहरणन्यासमित्रद्रोहोद्भवम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + हरण (प्रातिपदिक) + न्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रोह (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सुवर्णहरण-न्यास-मित्रद्रोह-उद्भवम् = ‘arising from gold-theft, breach of trust, betrayal of a friend’)

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

• नश्यते: is destroyed
• नश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पातकम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थ-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ (adverb: ‘in this manner’)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator quoting Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage/audience within the narrative chain

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Śaṅkara) as a luminous teacher-figure pronounces that all sins perish; dark scroll-like inscriptions of sins dissolve into light over a river ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace and tīrtha-based dharma are presented as powerful means for the eradication of even grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage is situated in Revā-kṣetra, implying the tīrtha’s role in pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the doctrinal result—pātaka-nāśa—connected to the prescribed worship/dāna/śrāddha context.