Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

देहिस्थल्यां तथा वासी क्षमस्व दुष्कृतं च यत् । इत्युक्तस्तान्नमत्कृत्य भैमिः स्वैरं ययौ मुदा

Transliteration

dehisthalyāṃ tathā vāsī kṣamasva duṣkṛtaṃ ca yat | ityuktastānnamatkṛtya bhaimiḥ svairaṃ yayau mudā

Translation

ദേഹിസ്ഥലിയിൽ വസിക്കുമ്പോൾ എന്തെങ്കിലും ദുഷ്കൃത്യം സംഭവിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ അത് ക്ഷമിക്കണമേ. ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ ഭീമൻ അവരെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു, സന്തോഷത്തോടെ സ്വൈരമായി മുന്നോട്ട് പോയി.

Word by Word

• dehisthalyām: in Dehisthalī (place-name)
• dehisthalyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehisthalī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — feminine locative singular

• tathā: thus, also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ — adverb ‘thus/also’

• vāsī: dweller, resident
• vāsī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• kṣamasva: forgive
• kṣamasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣam क्षम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — imperative, 2nd person singular, middle

• duṣkṛtam: wrong deed, sin
• duṣkṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣkṛta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — conjunction

• yat: which
• yat: Anuyogi (Relative/अनुयोगी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन — relative pronoun; here accusative singular referring to duṣkṛtam

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थ-अव्यय — quotative particle

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac वच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — masculine nominative singular; ‘having been addressed/said to’

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — masculine accusative plural

• namat: bowing
• namat: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam नम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययीभाववत्; here as prior action with kṛtya — ‘bowing’

• kṛtya: having done
• kṛtya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (त्वान्त) — gerund ‘having done’

• bhaimiḥ: Bhaimi
• bhaimiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaimi (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• svairam: freely, as he pleased
• svairam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svaira (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ — adverb ‘at will/freely’

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद; परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — perfect, 3rd person singular

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — feminine instrumental singular (adverbial)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dehisthalī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīma, having spoken a plea for forgiveness at Dehisthalī, bows with folded hands to the revered beings and departs joyfully along a forest path.

Characters & Entities

• Dehisthalī
• Bhīma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking forgiveness and offering reverence (namaskāra) restores harmony and supports righteous travel and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dehisthalī is referenced as a place of residence/worship within the chapter’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Namaskāra (bowing) and the ethic of kṣamā (forgiveness) are emphasized; no formal vrata is specified.