Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि भक्त्या तव महीपते । पापानि च प्रलीयन्ते भिन्नपात्रे यथा जलम्

Transliteration

tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi bhaktyā tava mahīpate | pāpāni ca pralīyante bhinnapātre yathā jalam

Translation

ข้าแต่เจ้าแห่งแผ่นดิน ข้าพเจ้าจักเล่าทั้งหมดนั้นแก่ท่านด้วยภักติ และบาปทั้งหลายย่อมสลายไป ดุจน้ำที่ไม่อาจค้างอยู่ในภาชนะที่ร้าว

Word by Word

• तत्-सर्वम्: all that
• तत्-सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (तत् एव सर्वम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कथयिष्यामि: I will tell
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st), एकवचनम्

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana/Sambandha (To you/of you/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• महीपते: O king
• महीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपतिः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, संबोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

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

• प्रलीयन्ते: dissolve/vanish
• प्रलीयन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√ली (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• भिन्न-पात्रे: in a broken vessel
• भिन्न-पात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिन्न (कृदन्त; √भिद्) + पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (भिन्नं पात्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्ययम् (comparative adverb: as/like)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karta (Subject in simile/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha / Ādityeśvara-mahātmyā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage narrates to a crowned king; beside them a cracked pot leaks water into the earth, symbolizing sins dissolving; the atmosphere is calm and instructive.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and right teaching make sin powerless—wrong conduct cannot retain merit, like water in a cracked pot.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the broader Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-glorification (Narmadā sacred geography), preparing for specific tīrthas described nearby.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on bhakti and receiving the tīrtha teaching faithfully.