Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पूर्वे वयसि पापानि कृत्वा कर्माणि यो नरः । पश्चात्साध्यामृतं सेवेत्पश्चात्तापसमन्वितः

Transliteration

pūrve vayasi pāpāni kṛtvā karmāṇi yo naraḥ | paścātsādhyāmṛtaṃ sevetpaścāttāpasamanvitaḥ

Translation

Walaupun seseorang pada usia awal telah melakukan perbuatan berdosa, jika kemudian dia bersandar dan berkhidmat kepada Sādhyāmṛta, lalu selepas itu menjalani hidup yang disertai tapa—

Word by Word

• पूर्वे: in earlier (time)
• पूर्वे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) (वयसि इति नपुंसकेन सह), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• वयसि: in youth / at an age
• वयसि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कर्माणि: deeds
• कर्माणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: 'afterwards')

• साध्यामृतम्: Sādhyāmṛta (holy nectar)
• साध्यामृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य-अमृत (प्रातिपदिक; साध्य + अमृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सेवेत्: should resort to / serve
• सेवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: 'afterwards')

• तापस: with asceticism / penance
• तापस: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); सहार्थे (with/possessed of)

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; √इ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An older pilgrim with a shadowed past kneels at the water’s edge; after bathing, his posture straightens; behind him, symbols of former vice fade, while ahead a path to an āśrama opens, indicating tapas thereafter.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyāmṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past wrongdoing can be overcome through sincere turning to a holy tīrtha and a later life of disciplined austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sādhyāmṛta, a tīrtha/water-body praised in Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā/resorting to Sādhyāmṛta (including bathing/observance) followed by tāpasa conduct (austerity).