Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

धर्मं समाचरन्नित्यं पापांशेन न लिप्यते । श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं मनसापि न लङ्घयेत्

Transliteration

dharmaṃ samācarannityaṃ pāpāṃśena na lipyate | śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ manasāpi na laṅghayet

Translation

ผู้ใดประพฤติธรรมเป็นนิตย์ ย่อมไม่เปื้อนแม้เศษเสี้ยวแห่งบาป ธรรมที่ศรุติและสมฤติประกาศไว้ ไม่พึงล่วงละเมิดแม้ในใจ

Word by Word

• धर्मम्: dharma/righteous duty
• धर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाचरन्: practicing/performing
• समाचरन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु) + शतृ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (one) practicing

• नित्यम्: always/constantly
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययवत् (adverbial accusative)

• पापांशेन: by sin/with sinful taint
• पापांशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापांश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण/साधन (by/with a share of sin)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• लिप्यते: is tainted
• लिप्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is smeared/tainted)

• श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितम्: declared in Śruti and Smṛti
• श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + उदित (कृदन्त; √उद्/उद्-उत्थाने + त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (declared in śruti and smṛti)

• धर्मम्: dharma
• धर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मनसा: by mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• लङ्घयेत्: should transgress/overstep
• लङ्घयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लङ्घ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; विध्यर्थः (should not transgress)

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a senior narrator/teacher addressing a royal interlocutor)

Characters & Entities

• Śruti
• Smṛti
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily, consistent dharma—grounded in Śruti and Smṛti—purifies a person so thoroughly that even subtle sin does not adhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general dharma-principle within the Revā (Narmadā) context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a specific ritual; it prescribes mental and practical adherence to scripturally taught dharma.