Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

इमामवस्थां भुक्त्वाहं कंचिच्छपे न चोच्चरे । अहनि कतिचिच्छूले क्षपयिष्यामि किल्बिषम्

Transliteration

imāmavasthāṃ bhuktvāhaṃ kaṃcicchape na coccare | ahani katicicchūle kṣapayiṣyāmi kilbiṣam

Translation

ครั้นเสวยสภาพนี้แล้ว ข้าพเจ้าจะไม่สาปผู้ใด และจะไม่เปล่งวาจาหยาบคาย ในไม่กี่วันบนหลักแหลม ข้าพเจ้าจักชำระบาปของตนให้ร่อยหรอ

Word by Word

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with अवस्थाम्)

• अवस्थाम्: condition, state
• अवस्थाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• भुक्त्वा: having undergone
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund): ‘having experienced/enjoyed’

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

• कंचित्: anyone (someone)
• कंचित्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कंचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘any/some’ (object of शपे)

• शपे: I curse
• शपे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लट् (Present), पुरुषः—उत्तम (1st), वचनम्—एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (Negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• उच्चरे: I utter
• उच्चरे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-चर् (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लट् (Present), पुरुषः—उत्तम (1st), वचनम्—एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; अर्थः—‘I utter/speak out’

• अहनि: in a day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कतिचित्: in some (few)
• कतिचित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कतिचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in some (few)’ (qualifier of शूले)

• शूले: in (this) pain/colic
• शूले: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• क्षपयिष्यामि: I will expiate/destroy
• क्षपयिष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षपय् (धातु; causative of क्षप्)
• Form: लकारः—लृट् (Simple future), पुरुषः—उत्तम (1st), वचनम्—एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (Causative): ‘I will cause to perish/expiate’

• किल्बिषम्: sin, guilt
• किल्बिषम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Māṇḍavya Ṛṣi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha milieu (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas/mahārṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The penitent, bound or placed upon a stake (śūla), remains composed, refusing to curse; the sages observe, recognizing expiation in progress.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma is restraint: one should not retaliate with curses but accept expiation to dissolve sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse focuses on ethical heroism within the Revā Khaṇḍa story.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a ritual; it describes expiation (prāyaścitta) through endurance and disciplined speech.