Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

यन्मया मौर्ख्यमास्थाय युष्मन्निर्भर्त्सना कृता । सुपाप्मना विमूढेन तस्मात्कार्या क्षमाद्य मे

Transliteration

yanmayā maurkhyamāsthāya yuṣmannirbhartsanā kṛtā | supāpmanā vimūḍhena tasmātkāryā kṣamādya me

Translation

“यन्मया मौर्ख्यमास्थाय युष्मन्निर्भर्त्सना कृता, सुपाप्मना विमूढेन; तस्मात् मे क्षमा कार्याऽद्य।”

Word by Word

• yat: that (which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that which’ (correlative)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• maurkhyam: foolishness
• maurkhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maurkhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āsthāya: having adopted
• āsthāya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), ‘having resorted to/assuming’

• yuṣmat-nirbhartsanā: your reproach (reproaching you)
• yuṣmat-nirbhartsanā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + nirbhartsanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘युष्माकं निर्भर्त्सना’ = ‘reproach of you’

• kṛtā: was done
• kṛtā: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘done/made’ (i.e., was done)

• su-pāpmanā: by (one) very sinful
• su-pāpmanā: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + pāpman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘mayā’ इति विशेषण; ‘very sinful’

• vimūḍhena: by (one) deluded
• vimūḍhena: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√muh (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘vimūḍha’, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘mayā’ इति विशेषण

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-तस्मात् (indeclinable adverbial): ‘therefore/from that reason’

• kāryā: should be done
• kāryā: Kriya (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कर्तव्य/यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be done/should be done’ (elliptic: ‘kṣamā … kāryā’)

• kṣamā: forgiveness
• kṣamā: Karta (Subject of obligation/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• adya: now, today
• adya: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘today/now’

• me: for me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; अत्र प्रायः चतुर्थी (for me)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the penitent’s confession)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker confesses his folly and sin, head lowered, hands folded, facing composed sages who listen without anger.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acknowledging one’s own delusion and fault is the doorway to forgiveness and spiritual correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya by emphasizing purification through humility.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct confession and request for kṣamā (forgiveness), a key step in prāyaścitta.