Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यदि देवापराधेऽपि नास्मासु कुपितं तव । नमस्ते जगतामीश दर्शयात्मानमात्मना

Transliteration

yadi devāparādhe'pi nāsmāsu kupitaṃ tava | namaste jagatāmīśa darśayātmānamātmanā

Translation

たとえ神々への過ちがあったとしても、もし我らにお怒りでないなら――世々の主よ、あなたに礼拝し奉る――どうか自らの威力によって御身を顕し給え。

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तवाचक (conditional particle)

• देवापराधे: in (the case of) offence against the gods
• देवापराधे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवापराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—देव + अपराध (तत्पुरुषः; ‘offence against the gods’)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: even/also)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अस्मासु: towards us / in us
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• कुपितम्: angry
• कुपितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित (कृदन्त; √कुप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (अस्ति इति अध्याहारः)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय (indeclinable usage); नमस्कारार्थक (salutation particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जगताम्: of the worlds
• जगताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

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

• दर्शय: show
• दर्शय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative)

• आत्मानम्: yourself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आत्मना: by yourself
• आत्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Apsarases (petitioning)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-pradeśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees/apsarases bow deeply, palms joined, faces anxious yet hopeful, pleading that the Lord not be angered and to reveal himself by his own power.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after aparādha (offense), refuge in the Lord through namaskāra and repentance seeks His grace and vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned in this verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; it emphasizes namas (salutation) and seeking forgiveness and darśana.