Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

कच्चिन्नैतेन दोषेण समाश्लिष्टोऽसि पांडव । अत्र चांगिरसा गीतां गाथामेतां हि शुश्रुम

Transliteration

kaccinnaitena doṣeṇa samāśliṣṭo'si pāṃḍava | atra cāṃgirasā gītāṃ gāthāmetāṃ hi śuśruma

Translation

Wahai Pāṇḍava, apakah engkau tidak terjerat oleh cela ini? Sebab di sini kami sungguh telah mendengar gāthā yang penuh ajaran ini, yang dinyanyikan oleh seorang Āṅgirasa.

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: is it possible that...?
• कच्चित्: Sambandha (Interrogative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रश्नार्थक निपात

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• एतेन: by/with this
• एतेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दोषेण: by a fault/defect
• दोषेण: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• समाश्लिष्टः: afflicted/embraced (by)
• समाश्लिष्टः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√श्लिष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (त्वम्)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अत्र: here/in this context
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Place/Topic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• आङ्गिरसा: by Āṅgirasa
• आङ्गिरसा: Kartr (Agent in passive sense)/Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (कर्तृकरणे: by Āṅgirasa)

• गीताम्: a song/recitation
• गीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गाथाम्: a verse/ballad
• गाथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'गीताम्' इत्यस्य अपपद/विशेष्य (appositional)

• एताम्: this
• एताम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गाथाम्)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeed/for)

• शुश्रुम: we heard
• शुश्रुम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada leans slightly forward, cautioning Arjuna about a ‘doṣa’ that can cling to pilgrims; a scroll/palm-leaf manuscript or symbolic sound-wave motif suggests the heard Āṅgirasa gāthā.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍava
• Āṅgirasa
• Aṅgiras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A pilgrim should examine and correct personal doṣas, since inner faults can obstruct the fruit of holy practices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the verse introduces an authoritative gāthā relevant to tīrtha-dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it frames a dharmic inquiry and cites traditional authority (Āṅgirasa gāthā).