Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

चतुर्दिनानि सा प्राज्ञैः पापस्य महतो महात् । चतुर्थं तु ततो भागं विभज्य परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

caturdināni sā prājñaiḥ pāpasya mahato mahāt | caturthaṃ tu tato bhāgaṃ vibhajya parameśvaraḥ

Translation

บัณฑิตกล่าวว่า นางแบกรับส่วนอันใหญ่ยิ่งแห่งบาปมหันต์นั้นตลอดสี่วัน; ครั้นแล้วพระปรเมศวรทรงแบ่งและกำหนดส่วนที่สี่ไว้ด้วย

Word by Word

• चतुः: four
• चतुः: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; दिनानि इति विशेषणम् (समास-विग्रहपूर्वक)

• दिनानि: days
• दिनानि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्राज्ञैः: by the wise (persons)
• प्राज्ञैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पापस्य: of sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महतः: great
• महतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; पापस्य इति विशेषणम्

• महत्: from the great (sin)
• महत्: Apādāna (Ablative/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; (पाठभेदे महात्)

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भागम् इति विशेषणम्

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात

• ततः: from that/thereafter
• ततः: Apādāna (Adverbial source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्ययीभावार्थे (ablatival adverb)

• भागम्: portion/share
• भागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विभज्य: having divided
• विभज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-भज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया, उपसर्गः वि-

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parameśvara is depicted as dividing a symbolic ‘share’ (bhāga) of darkness/red smoke (pāpa) into four portions, with a calendrical four-day motif (four lamps or four lotuses) indicating the time span.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara (Supreme Lord)
• Prājñas (the wise)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma regulates even heavy cosmic burdens through time-bound observances, turning disorder into a structured, livable moral cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s dharmic-etiological narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A four-day period is indicated in connection with the rajasvalā state, framed as a time-bound bearing of a share of doṣa.