Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

बाल्यात्प्रभृति यत्किंचित्कृतमा जन्मतोऽशुभम् । विप्रेभ्यः कथितं सर्वं तत्सांनिध्यं स्थितेषु मे

Transliteration

bālyātprabhṛti yatkiṃcitkṛtamā janmato'śubham | viprebhyaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tatsāṃnidhyaṃ sthiteṣu me

Translation

ବାଲ୍ୟକାଳରୁ ଜନ୍ମତଃ ଉଦ୍ଭୂତ ଯେ କିଛି ଅଶୁଭ କର୍ମ ମୁଁ କରିଛି, ସେ ସବୁକୁ ଏଠାରେ ସାନ୍ନିଧ୍ୟରେ ଥିବା ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କୁ ମୁଁ କହିଦେଇଛି।

Word by Word

• बाल्यात्: from childhood
• बाल्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• प्रभृति: onwards
• प्रभृति: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भवाचक

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• किञ्चित्: anything; something
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितपरिमाण (something/anything)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आ: from; up to
• आ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/निपात; ‘आ’ = ‘up to, from’ (here with जनतः)

• जन्मतः: from birth
• जन्मतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ‘from birth’

• अशुभम्: inauspiciousness; evil
• अशुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन

• कथितम्: told; confessed
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘told’

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्-सांनिध्यम्: their presence
• तत्-सांनिध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: तेषां सांनिध्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्थितेषु: when (they are) present
• स्थितेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) ‘स्थित’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; ‘when (they are) present/standing’

• मे: of me; my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Ritual performer (a devotee/pilgrim speaking a formal declaration before brāhmaṇas and invoked powers)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee speaks a solemn declaration of all inauspicious acts ‘from birth’ to assembled brāhmaṇas standing nearby, with the river and ritual items in the foreground.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (vipra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and transparency before the guardians of dharma (brāhmaṇas) is presented as a gateway to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The declaration belongs to Revākhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-ritual milieu associated with Revā/Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A spoken confession/statement (self-disclosure of aśubha karma) made in the presence of brāhmaṇas.