Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

शरणं च प्रपन्नानां शिष्टाः कुर्वंति पालनम् । शरण्यं त्वां प्रपन्नाः स्मस्तस्मात्त्वं क्षंतुमर्हसि

Transliteration

śaraṇaṃ ca prapannānāṃ śiṣṭāḥ kurvaṃti pālanam | śaraṇyaṃ tvāṃ prapannāḥ smastasmāttvaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi

Translation

Orang yang beradab melindungi mereka yang datang berlindung. Kami telah berlindung kepada engkau, pemberi perlindungan; maka ampunilah kami.

Word by Word

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन — here as object/complement ‘refuge’

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

• प्रपन्नानाम्: of the surrendered
• प्रपन्नानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपन्न (कृदन्त; √पद्/√पन्? actually √पद् with प्र- + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural ‘of those who have sought (refuge)’

• शिष्टाः: the righteous/learned
• शिष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्ट (कृदन्त; √शास् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘the cultured/learned’

• कुर्वन्ति: do/perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Present: ‘they do’

• पालनम्: protection
• पालनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular ‘protection’

• शरण्यम्: refuge-giving
• शरण्यम्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular ‘worthy of being a refuge’ qualifying त्वाम्

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular ‘you’

• प्रपन्नाः: have sought refuge
• प्रपन्नाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रपन्न (कृदन्त; √पद् (धातु) + क्त, प्र-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past participle used predicatively with implied वयम्: ‘we have taken refuge’

• स्मः: are
• स्मः: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present ‘we are’ (often with participle to form periphrastic perfect sense)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययप्रयोगः (ablatival adverb) — ‘therefore’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular ‘you’

• क्षन्तुम्: to forgive
• क्षन्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षम् (धातु) + तुमुन्
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive) — ‘to forgive’

• अर्हसि: should
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present: ‘you ought’

Speaker

Unspecified (petitioners to the brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: All supplicants fall into full surrender—hands folded, heads bowed, some kneeling—before the sage who is portrayed as ‘śaraṇya’ (refuge-giver), calm and compassionate.

Characters & Entities

• śiṣṭa (the virtuous)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A hallmark of the righteous is protecting those who surrender; forgiveness becomes an expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is an ethical appeal grounded in śaraṇāgati.