Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

धिङ्मां च पापचरितं महादुष्कृतकर्मिणम्

Transliteration

dhiṅmāṃ ca pāpacaritaṃ mahāduṣkṛtakarmiṇam

Translation

Malulah aku—yang berkelakuan dosa, pelaku perbuatan jahat yang besar!

Word by Word

• dhik: shame on!
• dhik: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhik (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निन्दार्थक-निपात (interjection of censure)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object of censure/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• pāpa-caritam: of sinful conduct
• pāpa-caritam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + carita (कृदन्त; √car चरने, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (कर्मधारयवत् अर्थः: 'पापं चरितं यस्य'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (mām-विशेषण)

• mahā-duṣkṛta-karmiṇam: a doer of great evil deeds
• mahā-duṣkṛta-karmiṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + duṣkṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक) + in (इनि-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (mām-विशेषण)

Speaker

Rāma (continuing lament; contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary penitent (Rāma) sits with bowed head, hands clasped, tears falling; the landscape is dim, suggesting moral darkness before the revelation of a saving tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acknowledging wrongdoing without self-deception is the first step toward purification and dharmic repair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the same sequence, Prabhāsa and the Sarasvatī tīrtha are presented as the remedy for grave sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a confession-like lament that precedes the instruction to go to the purifying kṣetra.