Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

सुवर्णहरणन्यासमित्रद्रोहोद्भवं तथा । नश्यते पातकं सर्वमित्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

suvarṇaharaṇanyāsamitradrohodbhavaṃ tathā | naśyate pātakaṃ sarvamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

اسی طرح سونا چرانے، امانت میں خیانت، اور دوست سے غداری سے پیدا ہونے والے گناہ—بلکہ تمام گناہ—مٹ جاتے ہیں؛ یوں شنکر (شیو) نے فرمایا۔

Word by Word

• सुवर्णहरणन्यासमित्रद्रोहोद्भवम्: (sin) arising from gold-theft, breach of trust, and betrayal of a friend
• सुवर्णहरणन्यासमित्रद्रोहोद्भवम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + हरण (प्रातिपदिक) + न्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रोह (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सुवर्णहरण-न्यास-मित्रद्रोह-उद्भवम् = ‘arising from gold-theft, breach of trust, betrayal of a friend’)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• नश्यते: is destroyed
• नश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पातकम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थ-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ (adverb: ‘in this manner’)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator quoting Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage/audience within the narrative chain

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Śaṅkara) as a luminous teacher-figure pronounces that all sins perish; dark scroll-like inscriptions of sins dissolve into light over a river ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace and tīrtha-based dharma are presented as powerful means for the eradication of even grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage is situated in Revā-kṣetra, implying the tīrtha’s role in pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the doctrinal result—pātaka-nāśa—connected to the prescribed worship/dāna/śrāddha context.