Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

तन्मयाऽशर्मणा वापि यद्विप्रेष्वप्रियं कृतम् । सर्वस्य प्रभवो विप्रास्तत्क्षमतां प्रसादये

Transliteration

tanmayā'śarmaṇā vāpi yadvipreṣvapriyaṃ kṛtam | sarvasya prabhavo viprāstatkṣamatāṃ prasādaye

Translation

مجھ سے برہمنوں کے حق میں جو کوئی ناخوشگوار عمل سرزد ہوا—خواہ غفلت سے یا بے تمیزی سے—وہ برہمن، جو سب کے سرچشمہ ہیں، اسے معاف فرمائیں؛ میں ان کی کرپا اور بخشش کا طالب ہوں۔

Word by Word

• tat: that (act/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• aśarmaṇā: through wrongdoing / by causing distress
• aśarmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (अशर्मन् = दुःख/अशान्ति-कारक)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

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

• vipreṣu: towards/among the Brahmins
• vipreṣu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• apriyam: something unpleasant
• apriyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेष्य-रूपेण

• kṛtam: done/committed
• kṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (done)

• sarvasya: of all
• sarvasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• prabhavaḥ: origin/source
• prabhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• viprāḥ: O Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि (O Brahmins)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; (तत् + क्षमताम् इत्यत्र तत्)

• kṣamatām: may (you) forgive
• kṣamatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣam (धातु) + śatṛ/तुमुन्-भाव? (यहाँ: क्षमताम् = क्षमा-क्रिया)
• Form: आज्ञार्थक-प्रयोगे ‘क्षमताम्’ = लोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (परस्मैपद) धातु √क्षम् (to forgive)

• prasādaye: I propitiate / I seek to please
• prasādaye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√sad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative-sense in usage: ‘प्रसादयति’ = to propitiate/please

Speaker

Dharmavarman (continued; penitential address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king or pilgrim stands with folded hands before seated brāhmaṇas, head bowed, offering words of apology; a calm āśrama setting with sacrificial fire and palm-leaf manuscripts.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmavarman
• Vipra (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes repentance: one should acknowledge harm done to vipras and sincerely seek forgiveness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the verse centers on ethical restoration through seeking pardon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Atonement through verbal confession and requesting kṣamā (forgiveness) from those offended.