Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

मासर्जितं च नश्येत गडुकाष्टशतेन च । षाण्मासिकं सहस्रेण द्विगुणैरब्दिकं तथा

Transliteration

māsarjitaṃ ca naśyeta gaḍukāṣṭaśatena ca | ṣāṇmāsikaṃ sahasreṇa dviguṇairabdikaṃ tathā

Translation

Le péché accumulé en un mois est détruit par huit cents gaḍukas ; celui de six mois par mille ; et par le double de cela, de même, le péché d’une année.

Word by Word

• मास-अर्जितम्: (sin) acquired in a month
• मास-अर्जितम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — (sin) 'earned in a month' (elliptically qualifying पातकम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — and

• नश्येत: should be destroyed
• नश्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'should perish/be destroyed'

• गडुक-अष्ट-शतेन: by eight hundred gaḍukas
• गडुक-अष्ट-शतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गडुक (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — (by/with eight-hundred gaḍukas)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — and

• षाण्मासिकम्: (sin) of six months
• षाण्मासिकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षाण्मासिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — (sin) 'of six months' (elliptically qualifying पातकम्)

• सहस्रेण: by a thousand
• सहस्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — by a thousand

• द्विगुणैः: by double (amounts)
• द्विगुणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — 'by doubles/twice as many'

• अब्दिकम्: (sin) of a year
• अब्दिकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अब्दिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — (sin) 'annual/of a year' (elliptically qualifying पातकम्)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — likewise/so

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvīpeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ledger-like ritual scene: devotees stack rows of small gaḍuka measures in hundreds and thousands near the shrine, symbolizing month/half-year/year purification; priests bless the donors.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma emphasizes measurable, intentional charity as a disciplined means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

These dāna-phalas are taught within the Revā-kṣetra Māhātmya framework of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Specified quantities of gaḍuka-dāna are prescribed for removing sins accrued over different periods (month, six months, year).