Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

कर्तासि चेत्त्वमाबाधां न दुष्टस्येह कस्यचित् । तं चापि शास्ता तदहं प्रवर्तिष्याम्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

kartāsi cettvamābādhāṃ na duṣṭasyeha kasyacit | taṃ cāpi śāstā tadahaṃ pravartiṣyāmyasaṃśayam

Translation

എന്നാൽ ഇവിടെ ദുഷ്ടനല്ലാത്ത ഏതെങ്കിലും നിർദോഷനോട് നീ തടസ്സം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചാൽ, നിനക്കുമേൽ ശിക്ഷ നടപ്പാക്കുന്നതും ഞാൻ സംശയമില്ലാതെ ആരംഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• कर्ता: doer/agent
• कर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ धातु-कर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक

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

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (if)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• आबाधाम्: harm/obstruction
• आबाधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आबाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• दुष्टस्य: of a wicked person
• दुष्टस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of the wicked’

• इह: here
• इह: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this matter)

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• कस्यचित्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (of anyone)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (also/even)

• शास्ता: punisher
• शास्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √शास् धातु-कर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक ‘punisher/ruler’

• तत्: then/therefore
• तत्: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे/निपातवत् प्रयोगः; ‘then/therefore’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रवर्तिष्यामि: I will proceed/act
• प्रवर्तिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (धातु) with प्र-उपसर्ग
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘I will set in motion/act’

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन (accusative used adverbially); नञ्-समास; ‘without doubt’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (speaker warns Indra against unjust interference)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Vāsava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern warning delivered to Indra: if he obstructs any innocent person, punishment will be initiated against him; the scene carries moral gravity and protective compassion for the blameless.

Characters & Entities

• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power must be restrained by justice; obstructing the innocent is adharma and invites correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.