Shloka 2

Devanagari script

शोधयेदशुभ॑ सर्वमाधिपत्यं परत्र च

Transliteration

śodhayedaśubhaṁ sarvam ādhipatyaṁ paratra ca

Translation

அவன் எல்லா அசுத்தத்தையும் நீக்கட்டும்—இவ்வுலகில் தன் ஆட்சிச் செயல்பாட்டிலும், அப்பால் உள்ள உலக நிலையிலும்.

Word by Word

• शोधयेत्: should purify / should cleanse
• शोधयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (शोधयति)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Present (injunctive/optative sense), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अशुभम्: inauspicious (thing) / evil
• अशुभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all / entirely
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आधिपत्यम्: sovereignty / lordship / dominion
• आधिपत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधिपत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परत्र: in the next world / hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

स्कन्द उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Skanda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority and success are not enough; one must actively purify moral faults. Ethical purification is required both for righteous governance in this life and for a favorable state after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

Skanda is giving an injunction in a didactic context, urging the listener to remove all ‘aśubha’ (moral impurity), emphasizing that the consequences of conduct extend from worldly power (ādhipatya) to the hereafter (paratra).