Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । यन्मयाऽपकृतं तात तवाज्ञानवशाद्बहु । प्रसादये त्वां तत्राहं न मे त्वं क्रोद्धुमर्हसि

Transliteration

rājovāca | yanmayā'pakṛtaṃ tāta tavājñānavaśādbahu | prasādaye tvāṃ tatrāhaṃ na me tvaṃ kroddhumarhasi

Translation

Raja berkata: "Wahai Bapa, apa jua kesalahan besar yang telah saya lakukan terhadapmu kerana kejahilan—saya kini memohon kemaafanmu. Janganlah kamu marah kepadaku."

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपकृतम्: wrong done/offence
• अपकृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपकृत (कृदन्त; अप + कृ)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मवाच्य-भाव

• तात: dear father/sir
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अज्ञान: ignorance
• अज्ञान: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• वशात्: due to (the control/influence)
• वशात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; कारणार्थे (because of)

• बहु: much/great
• बहु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying अपकृतम्)

• प्रसादये: I appease / I seek to please
• प्रसादये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय् (धातु; causative of प्रसद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there/in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

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

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (particle of negation)

• मे: for me/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्रोद्धुम्: to be angry
• क्रोद्धुम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Rājā (the King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful king, hands folded, addresses an elder sage as ‘father,’ pleading for forgiveness; attendants and a royal setting frame the moral tension.

Characters & Entities

• Rājā
• Ṛṣi (addressed as tāta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Admitting fault as born of ignorance and seeking forgiveness is upheld as a dharmic means of restoring harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is a moral and relational moment within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice is interpersonal expiation—seeking pardon/appeasement (prasādana, kṣamā-yācñā).