Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
यन्मया तु कृतं बाल्ये तत्सर्वं क्षंतुमर्हसि
Transliteration
yanmayā tu kṛtaṃ bālye tatsarvaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi
Translation
สิ่งใดที่ข้าพเจ้าได้กระทำไว้ในวัยเยาว์ ข้าแต่ผู้เป็นที่เคารพ โปรดทรงอภัยทั้งหมดนั้นด้วยเถิด
Word by Word
yatwhich (that)
yat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थे
kṛtamdone
kṛtam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
bālyein childhood
bālye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbālya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)
tatthat
tat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ सर्वनाम
sarvamall
sarvam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण
kṣaṃtumto forgive
kṣaṃtum:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootkṣam (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formतुमुनन्त (infinitive); क्रियार्थक
arhasiyou ought/are worthy
arhasi:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootarh (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Son (within the narrative)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A repentant son with folded hands (añjali) bows before parents, eyes lowered, asking forgiveness for childhood misdeeds; domestic setting with subtle ascetic undertone.
FAQs
Humility and seeking forgiveness are integral to purification and rebuilding one’s dharmic life.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it contributes to the ethical arc within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None explicitly; it presents the interpersonal dharma of apology and seeking pardon as part of atonement.