Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

एकोपराधः क्षंतव्यः स्वामि भिर्जगदीश्वरैः । ततो महेश्वरोऽवादीद्ब्रह्माणं परिसांत्वयन्

Transliteration

ekoparādhaḥ kṣaṃtavyaḥ svāmi bhirjagadīśvaraiḥ | tato maheśvaro'vādīdbrahmāṇaṃ parisāṃtvayan

Translation

“ความผิดเพียงหนึ่งประการ ย่อมควรได้รับการอภัยจากบรรดาเจ้านายผู้เป็นจอมแห่งโลก” แล้วพระมหेशวรตรัสปลอบประโลมพระพรหม

Word by Word

• ekaḥ: one; single
• ekaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (aparādhaḥ-विशेषण)

• aparādhaḥ: offence
• aparādhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aparādha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kṣantavyaḥ: to be forgiven; forgivable
• kṣantavyaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṣam (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (gerundive/कर्तव्यतार्थकः): ‘क्षमितव्यः’

• svāmin: O Lord
• svāmin: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• bhiḥ: by (instrumental plural marker)
• bhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhis (सुप्-प्रत्यय; instrumental plural ending)
• Form: विभक्ति-प्रत्यय-रूपम्; ‘-भिः’ = तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental plural) (sandhi: स्वामि + भिः → स्वामि भिः)

• jagadīśvaraiḥ: by the lords of the world
• jagadīśvaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जगतः ईश्वराः

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्): ‘ततः’ = ‘अनन्तरम्’

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara (Great Lord)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: महान् ईश्वरः

• avādīt: said; spoke
• avādīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√vad (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (sandhi: maheśvaraḥ + avādīt → maheśvaro'vādīt)

• brahmāṇam: to Brahmā (as object)
• brahmāṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• parisāṃtvayan: comforting; consoling
• parisāṃtvayan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√sāṃtv (धातु) (सान्त्वयति) शतृ-वर्तमानकृदन्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्तः ‘परिसान्त्वयन्’ = ‘comforting’; विशेषणम् (maheśvaraḥ-विशेषण)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Maheśvara’s consoling response)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva consoles Brahmā: a gesture of reassurance (abhaya/varada), Brahmā’s posture easing from grief to hope.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True lordship includes compassion; forgiveness is a divine quality that restores order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred frame remains in the background; the emphasis is on the dharma of mercy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not directly; it prepares for the concrete expiation instructions that follow.