Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

योगिसङ्गं वने प्राप्य पुरे च नृपतेस्तथा । राजसंसर्गदोषाद्वै मालिन्यं परमात्मनः

Transliteration

yogisaṅgaṃ vane prāpya pure ca nṛpatestathā | rājasaṃsargadoṣādvai mālinyaṃ paramātmanaḥ

Translation

Di hutan dia memperoleh pergaulan para yogi, dan di kota pula dia bersentuhan dengan raja. Namun kerana cela bergaul dengan kuasa diraja, bahkan jiwa yang agung pun boleh terkena kekotoran.

Word by Word

• योगिसङ्गम्: company of yogis
• योगिसङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगि-सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (योगिनां सङ्गः)

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained, having met
• प्राप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); √आप् with उपसर्ग प्र

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

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

• नृपतेः: of the king
• नृपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक)

• राजसंसर्गदोषात्: from the fault of association with the king
• राजसंसर्गदोषात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-संसर्ग-दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (राज्ञः संसर्गस्य दोषः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/वाक्यालङ्कार particle)

• मालिन्यम्: impurity, taint
• मालिन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालिन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• परमात्मनः: of the supreme self
• परमात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः आत्मा)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa explaining doṣa (taint) and śuddhi (purity) in tīrtha context

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split scene: in a forest, a seeker sits among yogins in calm discourse; in a city, the same figure stands near a king’s court, with subtle shadows of attachment and impurity encroaching.

Characters & Entities

• Yogin
• Nṛpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association shapes inner purity: satsanga uplifts, while worldly entanglement (especially power-politics) can generate doṣa requiring purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya’s Revā tīrtha framework—where impurities arising from doṣa are later cleansed through tapas and sacred observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated; the verse diagnoses the cause (saṃsarga-doṣa) that motivates later prayāścitta/tapas at the tīrtha.