Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

स्वामिद्रोहकृतं पापं निक्षेपस्यापहारिणि । मित्रघ्ने च कृतघ्ने च कूटसाक्ष्यसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

svāmidrohakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nikṣepasyāpahāriṇi | mitraghne ca kṛtaghne ca kūṭasākṣyasamudbhavam

Translation

स्वामिद्रोहकृतं पापं निक्षेपापहारिणः, मित्रघ्नस्य कृतघ्नस्य च, कूटसाक्ष्यसमुद्भवम्—

Word by Word

• स्वामिद्रोहकृतम्: committed through treachery to one’s master
• स्वामिद्रोहकृतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वामि-द्रोह-कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ); घटकाः: स्वामि + द्रोह + कृत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण; क्त-प्रत्यय; तत्पुरुष (स्वामिनः द्रोहः येन कृतः)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• निक्षेपस्य: of a deposit/entrusted property
• निक्षेपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• अपहारिणि: in the case of an embezzler/stealer
• अपहारिणि: Adhikarana (Reference/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप-हृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; कृदन्त ‘णिनि’-प्रत्यय (agent noun: “one who steals/embezzles”); अधिकरणार्थे (in/with regard to the embezzler)

• मित्रघ्ने: in the case of a friend-killer
• मित्रघ्ने: Adhikarana (Reference/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र-घ्न (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: मित्र + घ्न
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मित्रं हन्ति इति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: “and”)

• कृतघ्ने: in the case of an ungrateful person
• कृतघ्ने: Adhikarana (Reference/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत-घ्न (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: कृत + घ्न
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कृतं उपकारं हन्ति/नाशयति इति; “ungrateful one”)

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

• कूटसाक्ष्यसमुद्भवम्: arising from false testimony
• कूटसाक्ष्यसमुद्भवम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कूट-साक्ष्य-समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: कूट + साक्ष्य + समुद्भव
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (कूटसाक्ष्यात् समुद्भवम् = arising from false testimony)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; list continues from prior verse about sins dissolving through dāna/tīrtha merit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sombre moral tableau: a sage enumerates sins to a king; shadowed vignettes show betrayal of a master, theft of a sealed deposit, a friend slain, a false witness raising a hand in court—contrasted with the bright river tīrtha in the background as a path to purification.

Characters & Entities

• Kūṭasākṣya (false testimony)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa underscores moral gravity of betrayal, theft, and perjury—setting the stage for their purification through dharmic remedies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā tīrtha setting is the implied context for the promised purification described in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse lists sins; the prescription (from the surrounding passage) is purification through tīrtha-snān and dāna.