Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

मानसं वाचिकं पापं कर्मणा यत्पुरा कृतम् । तत्सर्वं नश्यति क्षिप्रं स्वर्णदानेन भारत

Transliteration

mānasaṃ vācikaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā yatpurā kṛtam | tatsarvaṃ naśyati kṣipraṃ svarṇadānena bhārata

Translation

O Bhārata, ang lahat ng kasalanang nagawa noon—sa isip, sa salita, o sa gawa—ay madaling napapawi sa pag-aalay ng ginto.

Word by Word

• mānasaṃ: mental
• mānasaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• vācikaṃ: verbal
• vācikaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vācika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• pāpaṃ: sin
• pāpaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• karmaṇā: by action/deed
• karmaṇā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• purā: formerly, earlier
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (indeclinable; temporal adverb)

• kṛtam: done, committed
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कृतम्’ = ‘done’ (past passive participle; neuter nom/acc sg)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण/संज्ञा (neuter nom/acc sg; ‘all’)

• naśyati: perishes, is destroyed
• naśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (present indicative, 3rd sg, parasmaipada)

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (indeclinable adverb)

• svarṇadānena: by the gift of gold
• svarṇadānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘सुवर्णस्य दानम्’ (instrumental singular; genitive tatpurusha compound)

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (vocative singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a riverbank tīrtha offers a small piece of gold into a priest’s hands; above, subtle imagery of sins dissolving like dark smoke dispersing in sunlight.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata (listener addressed)
• Gold donation (svarṇa-dāna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is holistic—mind, speech, and action—and generous charity is presented as a swift purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative, emphasizing the purificatory power connected to that pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform svarṇa-dāna (gift of gold) as a dharmic act linked with purification.