Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

शाकल्य उवाच । अस्य पापस्य शात्यर्थमुपायं प्रवदामि ते

Transliteration

śākalya uvāca | asya pāpasya śātyarthamupāyaṃ pravadāmi te

Translation

Śākalya dit : «Pour l’apaisement de ce péché, je te déclarerai le moyen convenable.»

Word by Word

• शाकल्यः: Śākalya
• शाकल्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (पापस्य)

• पापस्य: of the sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शान्ति: pacification
• शान्ति: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (शान्ति-अर्थम्)

• अर्थम्: for the purpose
• अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: पापस्य शान्तेः अर्थः

• उपायम्: remedy
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रवदामि: I will tell / I tell
• प्रवदामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

Speaker

Śākalya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśyapa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śākalya raises his hand in teaching gesture, announcing he will state the means to pacify the sin; Kāśyapa listens attentively.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sin is addressed through prescribed dharmic means; revelation of a proper remedy is itself an act of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is introduced immediately after; this verse is the preface to that instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A remedy (upāya) for pāpa-śānti is promised; details follow in subsequent verses.