Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ते तु वचने प्रजासंयमनेन च । स गतः कृमितां पापो विष्ठासु च पृथक्पृथक्

Transliteration

evamukte tu vacane prajāsaṃyamanena ca | sa gataḥ kṛmitāṃ pāpo viṣṭhāsu ca pṛthakpṛthak

Translation

உயிர்களை அடக்கும் ஆளவர் இவ்வாறு சொன்னவுடன், அந்தப் பாவி பல்வேறு மலக்குவியல்களில் தனித்தனியாகப் புழுவாக ஆனான்।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• उक्ते: when (it was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); सप्तमी एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular neuter) — 'when/after (it was) said'

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: contrast/emphasis)

• वचने: in the statement/words
• वचने: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• प्रजा-संयमनेन: by restraining the subjects/people
• प्रजा-संयमनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + संयमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Instrumental singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रजायाः संयमनम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• गतः: went/has gone
• गतः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative singular masculine)

• कृमिताम्: to wormhood (state of being a worm)
• कृमिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक) + ता (भावप्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Accusative singular) — 'state of being a worm'

• पापः: the sinner/evil one
• पापः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• विष्ठासु: in excrements
• विष्ठासु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन (Locative plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• पृथक्-पृथक्: separately, one by one
• पृथक्-पृथक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (reduplicated adverb: distributive)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; following Yama’s command)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-maṇḍala (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern divine regulator pronounces judgment; the sinner’s subtle body falls into kṛmi-yoni amid heaps of filth, illustrating the shock of pāpa-vipāka.

Characters & Entities

• Yama (implied as prajā-saṃyamana)
• Kṛmi (worms)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma can lead to profoundly degrading births, illustrating the Purāṇic warning that moral pollution yields experiential impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is ethical-cosmological instruction rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is stated; it narrates the immediate karmic result of Yama’s decree.