Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

ततो भीमः प्रणम्याह मनोवाक्कायवृद्धिभिः । कृतमाजन्मतः सव कुकृतं क्षम केशव

Transliteration

tato bhīmaḥ praṇamyāha manovākkāyavṛddhibhiḥ | kṛtamājanmataḥ sava kukṛtaṃ kṣama keśava

Translation

तब भीम ने प्रणाम करके कहा—हे केशव, मैंने जन्म से मन, वाणी और शरीर से जो भी कुकर्म किए हैं, उन सबको क्षमा करें।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (thereupon/then)

• भीमः: Bhīma
• भीमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु) → प्रणम्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव (gerund): having bowed

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु; ‘to say’)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनः: by mind
• मनः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• वाक्: by speech
• वाक्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• काय: by body
• काय: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• वृद्धिभिः: by (all) increases/acts
• वृद्धिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• कृतम्: done (deed)
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (a deed done)

• आ-जनमतः: from birth
• आ-जनमतः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तसिल्
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय: आजन्मतः = from birth

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (पाठे ‘सव’ = ‘सर्व’)

• कुकृतम्: wrongdoing, evil deed
• कुकृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कु- + कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (bad + deed)

• क्षम: forgive
• क्षम: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम (धातु: क्षम् ‘to forgive’)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• केशव: O Keśava
• केशव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhīma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīma, massive and warrior-like, kneels with folded hands before Keśava; his face softened by remorse; the battlefield fades into a quiet devotional space.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repentance and seeking forgiveness purify the seeker; dharma begins with inner accountability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it is a devotional-prāyaścitta statement within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prāyaścitta attitude is expressed—confession and seeking forgiveness for faults of mind, speech, and body.