Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
Devanagari script
पुनः प्रसीद पापस्य क्षमाथीले प्रसीद मे
Transliteration
punaḥ prasīda pāpasya kṣamāthīle prasīda me
Translation
Sois encore bienveillante envers ce pécheur ; ô trésor du pardon, sois bienveillante envers moi.
Word by Word
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
प्रसीदbe gracious / be pleased
प्रसीद:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√सद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद
पापस्यof sin / of the sinner’s sin
पापस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठीविभक्ति (genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)
क्षमाथीलेO Kṣamāthīlā (name/title)
क्षमाथीले:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षमाथील (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधनविभक्ति (vocative/8th), एकवचन (singular)
प्रसीदbe gracious
प्रसीद:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√सद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradāna (Recipient/for me)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थीविभक्ति (genitive/dative), एकवचन (singular)
Speaker
Rājendra (the king) speaking (within Sūta’s narration; inferred from continuing prayer)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A supplicant (king) with folded hands, head bowed, tears and dust on the body, pleading before a radiant Mother-Goddess; the atmosphere is intimate and penitential.
Characters & Entities
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Bhagavatī (Devī/Mātā)FAQs
Acknowledging one’s faults and seeking divine forgiveness is upheld as a purifying act aligned with dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the stress is on repentance and the Devī’s compassion.
None explicitly; it exemplifies prāyaścitta-bhāva (penitent attitude) through prayer.