Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ततः प्रमुच्यसे पापात्स्वामिद्रोहसमुद्भवात् । अपरं नास्ति ते दोषो मनसा पातकं कृतम्

Transliteration

tataḥ pramucyase pāpātsvāmidrohasamudbhavāt | aparaṃ nāsti te doṣo manasā pātakaṃ kṛtam

Translation

അപ്പോൾ നീ സ്വാമിദ്രോഹത്തിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും. നിനക്കു മറ്റൊരു ദോഷവും ഇല്ല; മനസ്സിൽ മാത്രമാണ് അപരാധം സംഭവിച്ചത്.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (thereupon/thereafter)

• प्रमुच्यसे: you are freed
• प्रमुच्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• स्वामिद्रोहसमुद्भवात्: arising from treachery to one’s master
• स्वामिद्रोहसमुद्भवात्: Hetu/Apadana (Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वामिद्रोह (प्रातिपदिक; समास) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वामिद्रोहात् समुद्भवः), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पापात्)

• अपरम्: other/further
• अपरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दोषः)

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

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दोषः: fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Predicate-noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पातकम्)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lakṣmaṇa (primary), with Rāma present

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage reassures: after bathing, Lakṣmaṇa will be freed from the sin arising from svāmi-droha; the camera-like focus is on Lakṣmaṇa’s relieved yet sober expression, acknowledging the mental lapse.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa (addressed implicitly)
• Svāmi-droha
• Prāyaścitta via tīrtha-snānā (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma recognizes gradations of fault; sincere correction and prescribed purification can dissolve even serious moral fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement presumes the efficacy of Bālamaṇḍana Tīrtha, recommended as the means of release.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of the recommended tīrtha-snānā as the expiatory act that frees one from the sin.