Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

स स्त्रीहत्याकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । तस्मादद्य दिने पुत्र भौमवारसमन्विता

Transliteration

sa strīhatyākṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | tasmādadya dine putra bhaumavārasamanvitā

Translation

…يُعتَق من الآثام الناشئة عن قتل المرأة، ولا شك في ذلك. لذلك يا بُنيّ، ما دام هذا اليوم مقترنًا بيوم الثلاثاء (يوم بهاوما)…

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• strī-hatyā-kṛtāt: from (the sin) caused by committing woman-murder
• strī-hatyā-kṛtāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: strī + hatyā + kṛt (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; कृदन्तः—कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कर्तरि)

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense)

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore)

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• dine: on the day
• dine: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• bhauma-vāra-samanvitā: accompanied by Tuesday
• bhauma-vāra-samanvitā: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhauma + vāra + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (षष्ठी/तिथिः)

Speaker

Nabhovāṇī (revealed in next verse as Śaṃtanu addressing Bhīṣma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed western-side tīrtha (Varuṇa-diśi)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn assurance is given: the bath frees one from the sin of woman-slaying; the speaker urges action because the day is Tuesday.

Characters & Entities

• strīhatyā
• bhaumavāra (Tuesday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is possible through divinely sanctioned means; sincere observance of tīrtha-rites can lift even grave karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise of release refers to the indicated Śarmiṣṭhā-tīrtha and its prescribed bath timing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the prescribed tīrtha-snān on the day aligned with Tuesday (and, by context, the ṣaṣṭhī tithi).