Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

यत्स्याद्बाल्यकृतं पापं यद्वा कृतमजानता । वाचा कृतं कर्मकृतं मनसा यद्विचिन्तितम्

Transliteration

yatsyādbālyakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yadvā kṛtamajānatā | vācā kṛtaṃ karmakṛtaṃ manasā yadvicintitam

Translation

ബാല്യത്തിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപമാകട്ടെ, അജ്ഞാനവശാൽ ചെയ്തതാകട്ടെ—വാക്കാൽ ചെയ്തതും, പ്രവൃത്തിയാൽ ചെയ്തതും, മനസ്സിൽ ചിന്തിച്ചതും—(ഇവയെല്ലാം ഇവിടെ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നു)।

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun; कर्ता/विषय

• syāt: may be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘may be/should be’

• bālya-kṛtam: done in childhood
• bālya-kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bālya (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण (पापम्)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्ता/विषय

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun; कर्ता/विषय

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — विकल्पार्थक निपात (or)

• kṛtam: done/committed
• kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धा॒तु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Past passive participle used adjectivally; विशेषण (पापम्)

• ajānatā: unknowingly (by one who does not know)
• ajānatā: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-jānat (कृदन्त; ज्ञा धातु, शतृ; नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular; कर्तृ-विशेषण/हेतु: ‘by one not knowing’

• vācā: by speech
• vācā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular; करण

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धा॒तु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Past passive participle; विशेषण (पापम्)

• karma-kṛtam: done by action/deed
• karma-kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण (पापम्)

• manasā: by mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular; करण

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun; कर्ता/विषय

• vicintitam: thought/pondered
• vicintitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi+cit (धा॒तु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Past passive participle; विशेषण (पापम्)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (Skanda Purāṇa’s Revā-Māhātmya frame; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent pilgrim stands waist-deep in the Revā at sunrise, hands folded; above, faint symbolic motifs of speech (script), action (tools), and mind (lotus/halo) dissolve into the river’s light, indicating purification of all three domains.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification in dharma addresses not only outward acts but also speech and inner intention; even unintended or childhood faults can be cleansed through prescribed sacred observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape is the implied tīrtha-context of this chapter in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse lists categories of sin; the specific purifying rite is stated in the surrounding verses (here, it functions as a comprehensive scope statement).