Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

तन्मयाऽशर्मणा वापि यद्विप्रेष्वप्रियं कृतम् । सर्वस्य प्रभवो विप्रास्तत्क्षमतां प्रसादये

Transliteration

tanmayā'śarmaṇā vāpi yadvipreṣvapriyaṃ kṛtam | sarvasya prabhavo viprāstatkṣamatāṃ prasādaye

Translation

Quelque acte déplaisant que j’aie commis envers les brāhmaṇas—par négligence ou par manque de discernement—que les brāhmaṇas, source de tout, le pardonnent ; je sollicite leur grâce et leur indulgence.

Word by Word

• tat: that (act/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• aśarmaṇā: through wrongdoing / by causing distress
• aśarmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (अशर्मन् = दुःख/अशान्ति-कारक)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• vipreṣu: towards/among the Brahmins
• vipreṣu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• apriyam: something unpleasant
• apriyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेष्य-रूपेण

• kṛtam: done/committed
• kṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (done)

• sarvasya: of all
• sarvasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• prabhavaḥ: origin/source
• prabhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• viprāḥ: O Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि (O Brahmins)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; (तत् + क्षमताम् इत्यत्र तत्)

• kṣamatām: may (you) forgive
• kṣamatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣam (धातु) + śatṛ/तुमुन्-भाव? (यहाँ: क्षमताम् = क्षमा-क्रिया)
• Form: आज्ञार्थक-प्रयोगे ‘क्षमताम्’ = लोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (परस्मैपद) धातु √क्षम् (to forgive)

• prasādaye: I propitiate / I seek to please
• prasādaye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√sad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative-sense in usage: ‘प्रसादयति’ = to propitiate/please

Speaker

Dharmavarman (continued; penitential address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king or pilgrim stands with folded hands before seated brāhmaṇas, head bowed, offering words of apology; a calm āśrama setting with sacrificial fire and palm-leaf manuscripts.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmavarman
• Vipra (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes repentance: one should acknowledge harm done to vipras and sincerely seek forgiveness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the verse centers on ethical restoration through seeking pardon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Atonement through verbal confession and requesting kṣamā (forgiveness) from those offended.