Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

दैवतेभ्योऽथ भूतेभ्यश्चतुर्भागं क्षिपाम्यहम् । एवं मुक्त्वा क्षिपच्चैनो जलोपरि महामतिः

Transliteration

daivatebhyo'tha bhūtebhyaścaturbhāgaṃ kṣipāmyaham | evaṃ muktvā kṣipaccaino jalopari mahāmatiḥ

Translation

“เราจักโยนภาระนี้หนึ่งในสี่แก่เหล่าเทวะและสรรพสัตว์ทั้งหลาย” ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้มีปัญญายิ่งก็ทรงทอดบาปนั้นลงเหนือสายน้ำ

Word by Word

• दैवतेभ्यः: from/unto the deities
• दैवतेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), बहुवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: then/and)

• भूतेभ्यः: from/unto beings
• भूतेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), बहुवचन

• चतुर्भागम्: a fourth part
• चतुर्भागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः द्विगुः (four-part portion)

• क्षिपामि: I cast/throw
• क्षिपामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (manner adverb)

• मुक्त्वा: having released/let go
• मुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• क्षिपत्: throwing
• क्षिपत्: Karta (Agent-participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘क्षिपन्’ (throwing)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एनः: sin, guilt
• एनः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कर्मरूपे); ‘sin/guilt’

• जल-उपरि: upon the water
• जल-उपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; उपरि-शब्दः अव्ययम्; स्थानवाचक (locative sense: upon water)

• महामतिः: the great-minded one
• महामतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (पूर्वपद) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (great-minded)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) (implicit Revā Khaṇḍa frame)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā declares he will cast a quarter of the sin upon gods and beings, then hurls the burden onto the waters, which shimmer as they receive it.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Daivatas
• Bhūtas (beings)
• Jala (waters)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives explain cosmic order by distributing unbearable guilt into regulated shares, transforming chaos into a manageable dharmic structure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks broadly of ‘waters’ rather than a named tīrtha; within Revā Khaṇḍa, the sanctity of rivers forms the background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, it frames why waters must be approached with dharmic rules (purity/impurity concepts), though no direct rite is stated here.