Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

देव क्षमस्व दुरितं मम मातुरुमापते । मूढायास्त्वामजानंत्याः प्रसन्नो भव शंकर

Transliteration

deva kṣamasva duritaṃ mama māturumāpate | mūḍhāyāstvāmajānaṃtyāḥ prasanno bhava śaṃkara

Translation

ਹੇ ਦੇਵ! ਹੇ ਉਮਾ-ਪਤੀ! ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੁਰਿਤ ਨੂੰ ਖ਼ਿਮਾ ਕਰੋ; ਉਹ ਮੂੜ੍ਹ ਹੈ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਣਦੀ। ਹੇ ਸ਼ੰਕਰ! ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਵੋ।

Word by Word

• deva: O God
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• kṣamasva: forgive
• kṣamasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• duritam: sin, wrongdoing
• duritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mātuḥ: of (my) mother
• mātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• umā-pate: O Lord of Umā
• umā-pate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (umā-pati = ‘husband of Umā’)

• mūḍhāyāḥ: of the deluded (woman)
• mūḍhāyāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūḍhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ajanantyāḥ इत्यस्य)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ajānantyāḥ: of (her) not knowing
• ajānantyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-jānantī (कृदन्त, √jñā; नकारार्थक a-)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (present participle), ‘not knowing’

• prasannaḥ: gracious, pleased
• prasannaḥ: Karta-predicate (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (कृदन्त, √sad उपसर्गः pra-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (bhava इत्यस्य)

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• śaṃkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṃkara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

The boy/devotee (Bālaka)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śaṅkara
• Umā
• Umāpati
• Mother

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate devotion seeks forgiveness for others and trusts in Śiva’s grace (prasāda) and mercy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a direct prayer to Śiva as Umāpati.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A verbal prayer for kṣamā (forgiveness) is modeled; no formal rite is detailed.