Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अपराधसहस्रं मे क्षमस्व विधुशेखर । ममाहमिति पुत्रादावहंतां मम मोचय

Transliteration

aparādhasahasraṃ me kṣamasva vidhuśekhara | mamāhamiti putrādāvahaṃtāṃ mama mocaya

Translation

ഹേ വിധുശേഖരാ, എന്റെ ആയിരം അപരാധങ്ങൾ ക്ഷമിക്കണമേ. ‘എന്റെ’ ‘ഞാൻ’—പുത്രാദി ബന്ധങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് ആരംഭിക്കുന്ന—ആ അഹന്താബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് എന്നെ മോചിപ്പിക്കണമേ.

Word by Word

• अपराधसहस्रम्: a thousand offenses
• अपराधसहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराधसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक: अपराध + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अपराधानां सहस्रम्)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्षमस्व: forgive
• क्षमस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विधुशेखर: O moon-crested one
• विधुशेखर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधुशेखर (प्रातिपदिक: विधु + शेखर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विधोः शेखरः)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• पुत्रादौ: in son and the like (relations)
• पुत्रादौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रादि (प्रातिपदिक: पुत्र + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (पुत्रः आदिः यस्य/पुत्रादि-समूहः)

• अहम्ताम्: egoity
• अहम्ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मोचय: free (me) from
• मोचय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: cause to be released/free)

Speaker

Agastya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva as Vidhūśekhara/Rāmanātha (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (or the speaking sage in context) bows low before the moon-crested Śiva-liṅga, confessing countless offenses; symbolic chains labeled ‘ahaṃ’ and ‘mama’ dissolve, while images of family-attachment fade into the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Vidhuśekhara)
• Ahaṃtā (ego)
• Mamatā (mineness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage devotion matures into inner purification: confession, forgiveness, and freedom from ‘I’ and ‘mine’ lead toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu context—where repentance and surrender before Śiva are presented as spiritually transformative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is named; it emphasizes antarmukha-sādhana—repentance and prayer for release from ego and attachments.