Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

इति विज्ञापितः साक्षाद्यमः पातकनायकैः । ब्रह्मणोंऽतिकमासाद्य तस्मै सर्वं न्यवेदयत्

Transliteration

iti vijñāpitaḥ sākṣādyamaḥ pātakanāyakaiḥ | brahmaṇoṃ'tikamāsādya tasmai sarvaṃ nyavedayat

Translation

So, von den Anführern der Sünde unmittelbar ersucht, trat Yama zu Brahmā hin und berichtete ihm alles.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotation marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्तिप्रदर्शक/quotative particle)

• विज्ञापितः: having been informed
• विज्ञापितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + √jñap (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘informed/requested’

• साक्षात्: directly/in person
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पातकनायकैः: by the leaders of sinners
• पातकनायकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन; ‘पातकानां नायकाः’

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Shashthi-Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अन्तिकम्: near (presence)
• अन्तिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘near presence’

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √sad (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभावक कृदन्त (gerund); ‘having approached’

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘everything’

• न्यवेदयत्: reported
• न्यवेदयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + √vid (धातु) (causative √veday)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘न्यवेदयत्’ = ‘informed/reported’

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual narration within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama, solemn and authoritative, approaches Brahmā’s radiant lotus-throne court; behind him stand shadowy ‘pātaka-nāyakas’ (leaders of sins) as petitioners; the scene contrasts darkness (pāpa) with Brahmā’s luminous order.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Brahmā
• Pātakanāyakāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic governance is shown as responsive: when adharma is weakened, even Yama’s order seeks counsel from higher authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the passage is set in a cosmic-administrative context (Yama and Brahmā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is stated here; it continues the narrative about the effects of Rudra-japa.