Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सम्पूज्य च यथान्यायं तानेव ब्राह्मणैः सह । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं पश्चात्तेभ्यः सर्वं निवेदयेत्

Transliteration

sampūjya ca yathānyāyaṃ tāneva brāhmaṇaiḥ saha | sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ paścāttebhyaḥ sarvaṃ nivedayet

Translation

彼らを、ブラーフマナ（brāhmaṇa）たちと共に法にかなって礼拝し終えたなら、次に自らのすべて—功徳も、また罪過も—を彼らに告げて捧げるべきである。

Word by Word

• सम्पूज्य: having duly worshipped
• सम्पूज्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) रूप; ‘पूजयित्वा’ अर्थे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• यथा-न्यायम्: as is proper; according to rule
• यथा-न्यायम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषण

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• ब्राह्मणैः: with brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (postposition/adverb)

• सुकृतम्: good deed/merit
• सुकृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed/demerit
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी/पञ्चमी (4/5), बहुवचन; अत्र सम्प्रदानार्थे चतुर्थी

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• निवेदयेत्: should declare/submit
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद्/वेद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (ritual instruction within Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The performer worships the Lokapālas and brāhmaṇas, then offers a symbolic ‘ledger’ of merit and demerit—hands joined, speaking solemnly before the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Lokapālas (implicit from prior verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual purification includes honest accountability—placing one’s whole karmic record before the sacred and the learned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite is framed within Revākhaṇḍa’s tīrtha culture, associated with Revā/Narmadā pilgrimage practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After worship, formally submit/declare both sukṛta and duṣkṛta before the invoked sacred authorities (with brāhmaṇas present).