Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अहो चित्रमहो दुःखमहो पापबलं महत् । अहो राज्ञः प्रभावोयं शिवाराधनसंभृतः

Transliteration

aho citramaho duḥkhamaho pāpabalaṃ mahat | aho rājñaḥ prabhāvoyaṃ śivārādhanasaṃbhṛtaḥ

Translation

আহা, কী বিচিত্র! আহা, কী দুঃখজনক! আহা, পাপের বল কত মহান! আহা, শিব-আরাধনায় সঞ্চিত এই রাজার প্রভাব!

Word by Word

• अहो: alas!/oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मय/शोकाद्यर्थक-निपात (exclamation)

• चित्रम्: a wonder
• चित्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अहो: oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अहो: oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• पापबलम्: the power of sin
• पापबलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य बलम्)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पापबलस्य)

• अहो: oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• प्रभावः: power/influence
• प्रभावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शिवाराधनसंभृतः: acquired through worship of Śiva
• शिवाराधनसंभृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier of प्रभावः/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव-आराधन-संभृत (प्रातिपदिक; संभृ धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); समासः तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य आराधनेन संभृतः = ‘accumulated/obtained by worship of Śiva’)

Speaker

Narrator/character voice (lamenting observer; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power gained through devotion is real, but misused power entangled with pāpa becomes a cause of suffering—Purāṇic dharma demands righteousness alongside bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse highlights Śiva-worship as a source of potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the general act of Śiva-ārādhana (worship of Śiva) is referenced, without a specific rite described.