Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि सर्वस्तेयकृतानि च । परदारप्रसंगादि अभक्ष्यभक्षणादि वै

Transliteration

brahmahatyādipāpāni sarvasteyakṛtāni ca | paradāraprasaṃgādi abhakṣyabhakṣaṇādi vai

Translation

ذنوبٌ كقتلِ البراهمة وما شابهه، وجميع أفعال السرقة، والتعلّق المحرّم بزوجة الغير، وأكلُ ما لا يحلّ أكله—حقًّا (كلُّ هذه المخالفات)…

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि: sins such as brahma-hatya etc.
• ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + आदि + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विषय (sins)

• सर्वस्तेयकृतानि: committed as all kinds of theft
• सर्वस्तेयकृतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + स्तेय + कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पापानि)

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• परदारप्रसङ्गादि: (sins) like involvement with another’s wife, etc.
• परदारप्रसङ्गादि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + दार + प्रसङ्ग + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन-समासान्त-प्रयोग (collective as neuter); विषय (e.g., involvement with others' wives)

• अभक्ष्यभक्षणादि: (sins) like eating forbidden things, etc.
• अभक्ष्यभक्षणादि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभक्ष्य + भक्षण + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन-समासान्त-प्रयोग (collective); विषय (e.g., eating what is forbidden)

• वै: indeed
• वै: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/खलु-अर्थे (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (contextual; continuing the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: a sage or narrator enumerates grave sins before pilgrims; shadowy vignettes of theft, illicit relations, and forbidden eating appear as cautionary scenes, contrasted with the luminous promise of purification at the sacred forest-tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text frames even grave moral breaches as addressable through the extraordinary purifying power of a supreme tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya (the following verse completes the claim that these sins are destroyed there).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse lists sins; the implied remedy is given next—purification through engagement with Dharmāraṇya.