Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अगम्यागमने चैव अवाह्ये चैव वाहिते । स्वामिमित्रविघाते यन्नश्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

agamyāgamane caiva avāhye caiva vāhite | svāmimitravighāte yannaśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

แม้บาปจากการไปหาผู้ไม่ควรเข้าใกล้ จากการแบกสิ่งที่ไม่ควรแบก และจากการทำร้ายเจ้านายหรือมิตรสหาย—บาปนั้นก็ย่อมถูกทำลาย ไม่ต้องสงสัย

Word by Word

• agamya-āgamane: in approaching the unapproachable
• agamya-āgamane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agamya-āgamana (प्रातिपदिक; अगम्य + आगमन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'in going to the unapproachable (place)'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/coordination conjunction

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/particle of emphasis

• avāhye: in the non-carriable (case)
• avāhye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-vāhya (प्रातिपदिक; अ + वाह्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'in (a case of) what should not be carried'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय conjunction

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण particle

• vāhite: in what is carried
• vāhite: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāhita (प्रातिपदिक; √vah क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'in what has been carried/transported'

• svāmi-mitra-vighāte: in injury to master and friend
• svāmi-mitra-vighāte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmi-mitra-vighāta (प्रातिपदिक; स्वामि + मित्र + विघात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'in harming (one’s) master and friend'

• yat: that which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — relative pronoun; refers to 'that (sin)'

• naśyate: perishes/is destroyed
• naśyate: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु; नश्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध particle

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: continuation of Śakreśvara-phala description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakreśvara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful pilgrim at the shrine, symbolic scenes of forbidden approach/carrying and betrayal shown as faint vignettes dissolving into sanctum light; the liṅga remains steady and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Śakreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya portrays sacred pilgrimage and devotion as transformative, capable of purifying even grave ethical transgressions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śakreśvara in the Revā Khaṇḍa, associated with the sanctity of the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the practice is pilgrimage/darśana at Śakreśvara as an expiatory act; no separate rite is specified in this verse.