Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

मानसं चैव यत्पापं नराणामिह जायते । पश्चात्तापे कृते तस्य तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति

Transliteration

mānasaṃ caiva yatpāpaṃ narāṇāmiha jāyate | paścāttāpe kṛte tasya tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

Translation

અહીં મનુષ્યોના મનમાં જે પાપ જન્મે છે, તેનું પશ્ચાત્તાપ કરાતાં તે તે જ ક્ષણે નાશ પામે છે।

Word by Word

• mānasaṃ: mental (of the mind)
• mānasaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle: 'and')

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; relative adjective 'which')

• pāpaṃ: sin
• pāpaṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• narāṇām: of men
• narāṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• iha: here/in this world
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable adverb of place)

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular; Ātmanepada)

• paścāttāpe: in repentance
• paścāttāpe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paścāttāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• kṛte: when done/after being done
• kṛte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (Locative absolute: 'when/after ... is done')

• tasya: of it/of that (sin)
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• tat: from that
• tat: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Ablative, Singular; 'from that')

• kṣaṇāt: moment
• kṣaṇāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• eva: just/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• naśyati: perishes/is destroyed
• naśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim seated in quiet contemplation at a tīrtha-bank, hands in añjali, a faint dark cloud (sin) dissolving from the head/heart region into clear light as repentance arises.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rohitāśva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere repentance is a powerful purifier, especially for faults that arise at the level of thought.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned in this verse; the teaching supports tīrtha-māhātmya by defining inner purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Paścāttāpa (repentance/remorse) is prescribed as the remedy for mental sin.