Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तथापि कृतपापानां करवाणि कृपां च वः । स्वर्गे दृषन्मया नैव भविष्यथ सुरोत्तमाः

Transliteration

tathāpi kṛtapāpānāṃ karavāṇi kṛpāṃ ca vaḥ | svarge dṛṣanmayā naiva bhaviṣyatha surottamāḥ

Translation

“എങ്കിലും പാപം ചെയ്ത നിങ്ങളോടും ഞാൻ കരുണ കാണിക്കും; എന്നാൽ ഹേ സുരോത്തമന്മാരേ, സ്വർഗത്തിൽ നിങ്ങൾ എനിക്ക് ദൃശ്യമാകുകയില്ല.”

Word by Word

• तथा: nevertheless/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• कृतपापानाम्: of those who have committed sin
• कृतपापानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; कृ धातु) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृतं पापं येषां ते)

• करवाणि: may I do / I shall do
• करवाणि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• कृपाम्: compassion
• कृपाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वः: for you / to you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) / चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (plural); here दत्त-सम्प्रदानार्थे चतुर्थी-भावः (for you)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• दृशन्मया: made of stone
• दृशन्मया: Karta (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृशन् (कृदन्त; दृश् धातु) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (दृशद्भिः/दृशन्मयः = stone-made)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यथ: you will be/become
• भविष्यथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपदम्

• सुरोत्तमाः: O best of gods
• सुरोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Pārvatī / Viśvamātā (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devi, still authoritative, softens: she promises compassion to the fault-bearing gods, yet declares they will not be seen by her in heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvamātā
• Deva
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion can coexist with moral consequence; grace does not necessarily cancel the results of wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse conveys a divine decree regarding visibility in svarga.