Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

मनस्तापाद्व्रजेत्पापं मानसं वाचिकं च यत् । तस्य प्रसादनेनैव यस्योपरि विजल्पितम्

Transliteration

manastāpādvrajetpāpaṃ mānasaṃ vācikaṃ ca yat | tasya prasādanenaiva yasyopari vijalpitam

Translation

Tội do tâm và do lời sẽ rời đi nhờ nỗi ăn năn trong lòng; và nó được trừ diệt chính bằng cách làm nguôi lòng người mà ta đã lỡ lời xúc phạm.

Word by Word

• manastāpāt: from mental anguish
• manastāpāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas + tāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; ‘मनस्-तापात्’ = from mental anguish

• vrajet: should depart/be removed
• vrajet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject of vrajet/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृवत् (that sin)

• mānasam: mental
• mānasam: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• vācikam: verbal
• vācikam: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vācika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative: which)

• tasya: of him/of that person
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of him/of that’

• prasādanena: by appeasement
• prasādanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasādana (प्रातिपदिक; √sad with pra)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (by means of appeasement)

• eva: indeed/alone
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• yasya: of whom
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (of whom)

• upari: upon/against
• upari: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गवत्/अव्यय (preposition/adverb: upon/against)

• vijalpitam: has been spoken (against)
• vijalpitam: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + jalp (धातु) → vijalpita (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘spoken/uttered (improperly)’

Speaker

Kāma (Kāmadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher explains that mental and verbal sins depart through heartfelt remorse and by appeasing the person maligned; the scene centers on apology and the restoration of harmony.

Characters & Entities

• remorse (manastāpa)
• appeasement (prasādana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mental and verbal faults are purified by sincere remorse and by reconciling with the one harmed by one’s speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it presents a general dharmic principle within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prasādana—seeking the goodwill/forgiveness of the offended person—is presented as the remedy for verbal and mental wrongdoing.