Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

पुरुषोत्तम भवान्नाथ बालिशस्य प्रसीद मे । ततः क्षांतमिति प्रोच्य भीमेन सहितो हरिः

Transliteration

puruṣottama bhavānnātha bāliśasya prasīda me | tataḥ kṣāṃtamiti procya bhīmena sahito hariḥ

Translation

पुरुषोत्तम त्वं नाथः; बालिशस्य मम प्रसीद। ततः ‘क्षान्तम्’ इति प्रोच्य हरिर्भीमेन सहितोऽभवत्।

Word by Word

• पुरुषोत्तम: O Supreme Person
• पुरुषोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रेष्ठः पुरुषः)

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम

• नाथ: O Lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• बालिशस्य: of the foolish one
• बालिशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रसीद: be gracious, forgive
• प्रसीद: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th: Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; enclitic

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• क्षान्तम्: ‘forgiven’ / forgiveness
• क्षान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षम् (धातु) → क्षान्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘forgiveness/forgiven’ (quoted word)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• प्रोच्य: having said
• प्रोच्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) → प्रोच्य (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): having said

• भीमेन: with Bhīma
• भीमेन: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + इ (धातु) → सहित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘accompanied’

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) describing Hari’s response

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīma pleads as a repentant child before Puruṣottama; Hari answers with a calm gesture of absolution, the atmosphere shifting from war to serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Puruṣottama (Hari/Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
• Bhīma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and confession of one’s faults invite divine grace; forgiveness is upheld as dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is narrative setup; the chapter context later praises Guptakṣetra and related sacred installations.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it focuses on repentance and pardon.