Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मुने दयां कृत्वा ममोपरि महत्तराम् । अकृत्या द्रक्ष मामस्मात्सर्वलोकविगर्हितात्

Transliteration

tasmānmune dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari mahattarām | akṛtyā drakṣa māmasmātsarvalokavigarhitāt

Translation

C'est pourquoi, ô sage, fais preuve d'une grande compassion envers moi et sauve-moi de ce méfait condamné par tous les mondes.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Sambandha (Causal/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् (ablative used adverbially): 'therefore/from that reason'

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• dayām: compassion
• dayām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done/shown
• kṛtvā: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund)

• mama: of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• upari: upon, towards
• upari: Adhikarana (Target/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition/adverb): 'upon/towards'

• mahattarām: greater
• mahattarām: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahattara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तृतीय-तुल्य (comparative): 'greater'; विशेषण of 'दयाम्'

• akṛtyā: by wrongdoing
• akṛtyā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; 'by/through misdeed' (or 'because of wrongdoing')

• drakṣa: save, protect (lit. look upon)
• drakṣa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• sarva-loka-vigarhitāt: from (this) condemned-by-all state
• sarva-loka-vigarhitāt: Apadana (Source-qualifier/अपादान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + vigarhita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: समास: सर्वलोकविगर्हित (तत्पुरुष: 'censured by all people/worlds'), पुं/नपुंस? अत्र पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; 'अस्मात्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; petitioner speaking to a sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant, ashamed and desperate, folds hands before a radiant sage at the tīrtha, begging for greater compassion and protection from a condemned act; lamps or sacred waters witness the confession.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confession and humble appeal to a dharmic authority is a Purāṇic path for correcting wrongdoing and returning to righteous conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the act here is śaraṇāgati—seeking refuge and guidance from a sage.