Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

क्षम्यतामपराधो मे दीनस्य कृपणस्य च । सत्संगेन वियुक्तस्य मूर्खस्य मुनिसत्तमाः

Transliteration

kṣamyatāmaparādho me dīnasya kṛpaṇasya ca | satsaṃgena viyuktasya mūrkhasya munisattamāḥ

Translation

Ô meilleurs des sages, pardonnez ma faute : moi, misérable et avare, insensé séparé de la sainte compagnie des êtres vertueux.

Word by Word

• क्षम्यताम्: may (it) be forgiven
• क्षम्यताम्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive): ‘let it be forgiven’

• अपराधः: offence
• अपराधः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• दीनस्य: of (me) the wretched
• दीनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/षष्ठी-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मे)

• कृपणस्य: of (me) the miserly/poor
• कृपणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/षष्ठी-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मे)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• सत्संगेन: by good company
• सत्संगेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करणम्/हेतुः (by/through association with the good)

• वियुक्तस्य: of (me) separated (from it)
• वियुक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/षष्ठी-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मे)

• मूर्खस्य: of (me) the foolish
• मूर्खस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/षष्ठी-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मे)

• मुनिसत्तमाः: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रथमा (vocative sense)

Speaker

The repentant man

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contrite pilgrim, head bowed and palms joined, addresses a circle of serene sages seated near the Prabhāsa shore; the sea-wind, sand, and distant temple silhouettes frame the moment of confession.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confession and asking forgiveness from the virtuous opens the way to transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a setting where sinners reform through contact with sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the verse emphasizes kṣamā-yācñā (seeking pardon) and satsaṅga.