Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एतस्य देवराजस्य क्षंतव्यं मम वाक्यतः । तत्कृतं मूढभावेन यदनेन विचेष्टितम्

Transliteration

etasya devarājasya kṣaṃtavyaṃ mama vākyataḥ | tatkṛtaṃ mūḍhabhāvena yadanena viceṣṭitam

Translation

À ma prière, veuillez pardonner à ce roi des dieux. Toute faute qu’il a commise l’a été par sottise et égarement.

Word by Word

• एतस्य: of this
• एतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देवराजस्य: of the king of gods
• देवराजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज (प्रातिपदिक: देव + राजन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (देवानां राजा)

• क्षन्तव्यम्: to be forgiven/should be pardoned
• क्षन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √क्षम (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate: ‘should be forgiven’)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वाक्यतः: according to my word
• वाक्यतः: Hetu/Pramana (Reason/authority)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘according to/from’), हेतौ/प्रमाणे

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश (correlative)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मूढभावेन: through foolishness
• मूढभावेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढभाव (प्रातिपदिक: मूढ + भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मूढस्य भावः = foolishness)

• यत्: which/that which
• यत्: Karma (Relative object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative)

• अनेन: by him/with this
• अनेन: Karana/Karta (Agent in passive context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विचेष्टितम्: acted/done (misdeed)
• विचेष्टितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + √चेष्ट् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Dakṣa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembled devas/participants addressed to forgive the devarāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mediator (Dakṣa) requests the assembly to forgive the ‘devarāja’; the accused stands with lowered head; the group’s posture softens, signaling reconciliation.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Devarāja (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Forgiveness (kṣamā) is a dharmic remedy that restores cosmic and social harmony after errors born of delusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A moral prescription is given—grant forgiveness—rather than a technical ritual act.