Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तावत्तस्य सुता गत्वा स्वां सखीं दाशसंभवाम् । उवाच क्षम्यतां भद्रे यन्मया कुकृतं कृतम्

Transliteration

tāvattasya sutā gatvā svāṃ sakhīṃ dāśasaṃbhavām | uvāca kṣamyatāṃ bhadre yanmayā kukṛtaṃ kṛtam

Translation

そのころ彼の娘は、漁師の家に生まれた自らの友のもとへ行き、こう告げた。「愛しき友よ、わたしの犯した過ちをどうかお赦しください。」

Word by Word

• तावत्: meanwhile
• तावत्: Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तावदर्थक (meanwhile/just then)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘गत्वा’ = having gone

• स्वाम्: her own
• स्वाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (सखीं इति)

• सखīm: female friend
• सखīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दाशसंभवाम्: born of a fisherman
• दाशसंभवाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाश + सम्भवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दाशात् सम्भवा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (सखीं इति)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• क्षम्यताम्: please forgive
• क्षम्यताम्: Kriya (Injunctive request/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (let it be forgiven / please forgive)

• भद्रे: O good lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्; अव्ययवत् (relative ‘that which’)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive sense/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• कुकृतम्: wrong (deed)
• कुकृतम्: Karma (Object of forgiveness/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कु + कृत (प्रातिपदिक/कृ-धातुजन्य)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘evil deed’

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘done’

Speaker

Sūta (narrator; dialogue quoted)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young woman approaches her fisherfolk friend near nets and boats, hands folded in apology; the riverbank/shoreline frames a tender moment of reconciliation.

Characters & Entities

• Śuddhaka’s daughter
• sakhī (friend)
• dāśa community (dāśasaṃbhavā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking forgiveness (kṣamā) is a dharmic act that begins the healing of harm caused by one’s conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on interpersonal repentance within the ongoing tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the act is ethical and relational—apology and request for forgiveness.