Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ये ददन्ते महाराज ह्यपि पातकसंयुताः । तेषां पापानि लीयन्ते ह्युदके लवणं यथा

Transliteration

ye dadante mahārāja hyapi pātakasaṃyutāḥ | teṣāṃ pāpāni līyante hyudake lavaṇaṃ yathā

Translation

Ô grand roi, même ceux qui sont chargés de fautes—s’ils donnent en aumône—leurs péchés se dissolvent, comme le sel dans l’eau.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• ददन्ते: give
• ददन्ते: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राज (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: महा + राज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् राजा)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु-प्रदर्शक (particle: “indeed/for”)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपवाद (particle: “even/also”)

• पातकसंयुताः: endowed with sins
• पातकसंयुताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातक-संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्); घटकाः: पातक + संयुत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; विशेषण; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle: “joined with”); तत्पुरुष (पातकैः संयुताः)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• लीयन्ते: dissolve/vanish
• लीयन्ते: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ली (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: “are dissolved”)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय (particle: “indeed”)

• उदके: in water
• उदके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• लवणम्: salt
• लवणम्: Karta (Subject of simile/उपमान-आश्रय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• यथा: as/just like
• यथा: Sambandha (Simile marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-वाचक (comparative particle: “as/like”)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa didactic flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage explains charity’s power; in the foreground, a donor places gifts into a Brāhmaṇa’s hands; a symbolic bowl of water receives salt dissolving—visual metaphor for pāpa melting away.

Characters & Entities

• Mahārāja (addressed king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere charity has purificatory power, capable of dissolving accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha milieu, where snāna and dāna are presented as especially purifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dāna (charitable giving), even as a remedial act for those with pāpa.