Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सप्तब्राह्मणविध्वंसपातकं ते समा गतम् । तस्माच्छीघ्रं व्रज मुने प्रभासं क्षेत्रमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

saptabrāhmaṇavidhvaṃsapātakaṃ te samā gatam | tasmācchīghraṃ vraja mune prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam

Translation

“সাত ব্রাহ্মণ-ধ্বংসের সমান পাপ তোমার ওপর এসেছে। অতএব, হে মুনি, শীঘ্রই উত্তম প্রভাস-ক্ষেত্রে যাও।”

Word by Word

• सप्तब्राह्मणविध्वंसपातकम्: the sin of destroying seven Brahmins
• सप्तब्राह्मणविध्वंसपातकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + विध्वंस (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सप्तानां ब्राह्मणानां विध्वंसस्य पातकम्)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; ‘to you’

• सम्: fully, altogether
• सम्: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गः (prefix) ‘together/fully’; ‘गतम्’ इत्यनेन सह

• आ: unto, towards
• आ: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गः (prefix) ‘towards/unto’; ‘गतम्’ इत्यनेन सह

• गतम्: has come upon (has befallen)
• गतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘has come/has befallen’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपं ‘तस्मात्’—हेतौ/तस्मादर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; ‘therefore/from that’

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; स्थाननाम

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘क्षेत्रम्’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā gravely warns Nārada that a sin equal to destroying seven brāhmaṇas has accrued, and commands him to hasten to Prabhāsa, the supreme kṣetra; Nārada’s face shows shock and remorse.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nārada
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even grave faults can be addressed through immediate repentance and turning toward a divinely empowered tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly praised as the ‘supreme’ kṣetra for purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage (gamana) to Prabhāsa is prescribed as the urgent remedy.