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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

स्त्रीबालघातकश्चैव पापी चानृतभाषणः । अनाचारी तथा स्तेयी परदाराभिगस्तथा । अकार्यकारी कृत्यघ्नो ब्रह्मद्विड्वाडवाधमः

Transliteration

strībālaghātakaścaiva pāpī cānṛtabhāṣaṇaḥ | anācārī tathā steyī paradārābhigastathā | akāryakārī kṛtyaghno brahmadviḍvāḍavādhamaḥ

Translation

স্ত্ৰী বা শিশুহন্তা, মিছা কোৱা পাপী, অনাচাৰী, চোৰ, পৰস্ত্ৰী-অভিগামী; অকর্তব্য কৰ্মকাৰী, ধৰ্মকৃত্য নাশকাৰী, ব্ৰাহ্মণদ্বেষী আৰু মানুহৰ মাজত অধমজনো—সেই ভক্তিত শুদ্ধ হয়।

Word by Word
strī-bāla-ghātakaḥkiller of women and children
strī-bāla-ghātakaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक) + bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + ghātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘strīṇāṃ bālānāṃ ca ghātakaḥ’ (killer of women and children)
caand
ca:
None
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
evaindeed
eva:
None
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक
pāpīa sinner
pāpī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘sinful person’
caand
ca:
None
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
anṛta-bhāṣaṇaḥspeaker of lies
anṛta-bhāṣaṇaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘anṛtaṃ bhāṣate’ (speaker of falsehood)
anācārīill-conducted
anācārī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanācārin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘of bad conduct’
tathālikewise
tathā:
None
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (adverb: likewise)
steyīa thief
steyī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsteyin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘thief’
para-dāra-abhigaḥadulterer (approacher of others’ wives)
para-dāra-abhigaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpara (प्रातिपदik) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + abhiga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘paradārān abhigacchati’ (one who approaches others’ wives; adulterer)
tathāand likewise
tathā:
None
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (likewise)
akārya-kārīdoer of forbidden deeds
akārya-kārī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootakārya (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘akāryaṃ karoti’ (doer of forbidden acts)
kṛtya-ghnaḥdestroyer of duties/rites
kṛtya-ghnaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + ghna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘kṛtyāṃ hanti’ (destroyer of rites/duty; or one who destroys what ought to be done)
brahma-dviṭhater of Brahmins/Veda
brahma-dviṭ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + dviṣ (द्विष् धातु से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक dviṭ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘brahmaṇaḥ dveṣṭā’ (hater of Brahmins/Veda)
vāḍava-adhamaḥa most vile person
vāḍava-adhamaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāḍava (प्रातिपदिक) + adhama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘vāḍavaḥ adhamaḥ’ (the lowest among men; vile person)
Speaker

Dharma-rāja (Yama) (deduced: continuing the sin-removal phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/practitioners

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark moral tableau: figures representing falsehood, theft, adultery, and brahma-dveṣa stand in shadow; a reciter chants the forty names before a liṅga; the shadows recede as the group adopts humble postures, symbolizing inner conversion.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva (implied as the object of praise/recitation)
B
Brāhmaṇas (as a dharmic category)

FAQs

The text stresses the transformative power of sacred devotion: even grave wrongdoing can be remedied through sincere turning toward the divine.

The immediate focus is not a named tirtha but the dharmic efficacy of Śiva-nāma within the Dharmāraṇya context.

The implied prescription is expiation via recitation/hearing of the praised divine names, framed as pāpa-pranāśana.

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