Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
यानि पापानि घोराणि जन्मांतरशतेषु मे । तेषां सर्वविनाशाय शिवपूजां समारभे
Transliteration
yāni pāpāni ghorāṇi janmāṃtaraśateṣu me | teṣāṃ sarvavināśāya śivapūjāṃ samārabhe
Translation
凡我在百百前生中所积聚的一切可怖罪业——为令其尽皆毁灭，我今开始修行对湿婆的礼拜。
Word by Word
यानिwhich
यानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; relative pronoun ‘which’
पापानिsins
पापानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; N/Acc plural
घोराणिterrible
घोराणि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; agrees with पापानि
जन्मान्तरशतेषुin hundreds of past births
जन्मान्तरशतेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मान्तरशत (प्रातिपदिक; जन्म-अन्तर + शत)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; Locative plural ‘in hundreds of other births’
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular ‘of me/my’
तेषाम्of those (sins)
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Reference/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural ‘of those’
सर्वविनाशायfor total destruction
सर्वविनाशाय:
Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वविनाश (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + विनाश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; Dative singular ‘for complete destruction’
शिवपूजाम्Śiva-worship
शिवपूजाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशिवपूजा (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + पूजा)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular
समारभेI undertake
समारभे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-रभ् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपदी, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present 1st sg ‘I begin/undertake’
Speaker
The worshipper (saṅkalpa-vākya within the ritual)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Devotee with folded hands before Śiva-liṅga, head bowed, expression of contrition and surrender; dim shrine light, offerings ready; the moment of beginning worship framed as a plea for purification.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaFAQs
Śiva-bhakti is presented as a purifying force capable of burning accumulated karmic impurities.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is a universal saṅkalpa for Śiva worship.
A saṅkalpa is spoken: the devotee begins Śiva pūjā with the explicit aim of destroying sins accumulated over many births.