Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

वाचिकं मानसं वापि कर्मजं यत्पुरा कृतम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति स्वर्णदानेन भारत

Transliteration

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ vāpi karmajaṃ yatpurā kṛtam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti svarṇadānena bhārata

Translation

โอ้ภารตะ บาปใดที่เคยกระทำมาก่อนด้วยวาจา ด้วยใจ หรือด้วยการกระทำ บาปนั้นทั้งหมดล้วนสลายไปด้วยการถวายทานเป็นทองคำ

Word by Word

• वाचिकम्: verbal
• वाचिकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाचिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कृतम्/कर्म)

• मानसम्: mental
• मानसम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कृतम्/कर्म)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)

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

• कर्मजम्: born of action (physical)
• कर्मजम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्म-ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मणः जातम्)

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma (Object predicate/कर्मविशेष्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तत्)

• विलयम्: dissolution
• विलयम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• याति: goes/comes to
• याति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वर्णदानेन: by the gift of gold
• स्वर्णदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण-दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्णस्य दानम्)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice; addressing “Bhārata”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau of three streams—speech, mind, action—represented as dark stains dissolving into light as a devotee offers gold in charity at a sacred riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity—especially svarṇa-dāna—functions as a powerful purifier for faults of thought, word, and deed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is within the Daśakanyā-tīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Svarṇa-dāna (donation of gold) as a purificatory act.