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

اے بھارت! جو گناہ پہلے دل، زبان یا عمل سے کیا گیا ہو، وہ سب سونے کے دان سے فوراً مٹ جاتا ہے۔

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.