Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

श्रूयते मानवे शास्त्रे श्लोको गीतो महर्षिभिः । स्मृत्वा स्मृत्वा तु तं चित्ते परितापो न शाम्यति

Transliteration

śrūyate mānave śāstre śloko gīto maharṣibhiḥ | smṛtvā smṛtvā tu taṃ citte paritāpo na śāmyati

Translation

మానవ ధర్మశాస్త్రాలలో మహర్షులు గానం చేసిన ఒక శ్లోకం వినబడుతోంది. దానిని మనసులో పదే పదే స్మరిస్తున్నా నా ఆవేదన తగ్గడం లేదు.

Word by Word

• śrūyate: is heard
• śrūyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• mānave: in the human (pertaining to man)
• mānave: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• śāstre: in the treatise/scripture
• śāstre: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• ślokaḥ: a verse
• ślokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• gītaḥ: sung/uttered
• gītaḥ: Karta-predicate (Predicative/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gai (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ślokaḥ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• maharṣibhiḥ: by the great sages
• maharṣibhiḥ: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/कर्ता-कारक in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• smṛtvā: having remembered
• smṛtvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• smṛtvā: again and again remembering
• smṛtvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• tam: that (verse)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc., referring to śloka), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• citte: in the mind
• citte: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• paritāpaḥ: torment/anguish
• paritāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paritāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• śāmyati: subsides/is pacified
• śāmyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Govinda’s wife

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha-region

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful speaker recalls a revered dharma-verse taught by ṛṣis; the memory burns in the heart, shown as a quiet night scene by the river with an inner glow of conscience.

Characters & Entities

• maharṣi (great seers)
• mānava-śāstra (dharma texts)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śāstric wisdom presses the conscience: remembering dharma makes hidden wrongdoing unbearable until addressed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is situated within Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative, implicitly supporting the purifying role of Revā tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual here; it introduces a dharma-verse that guides ethical action.