Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वं मयाख्यातं हयग्रीवस्य कारणम् । प्रभास्तस्य तीर्थस्य सर्वपापायनुत्तये

Transliteration

etatsarvaṃ mayākhyātaṃ hayagrīvasya kāraṇam | prabhāstasya tīrthasya sarvapāpāyanuttaye

Translation

All dies habe ich dargelegt — den Grund, der Hayagrīva betrifft —, damit durch den Glanz und die erhabene Vorzüglichkeit jenes heiligen Furtortes (Tīrtha) alle Sünden aufs Höchste getilgt werden.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• आख्यातम्: has been told/declared
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)

• हयग्रीवस्य: of Hayagrīva
• हयग्रीवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक; हय + ग्रीव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कारणम्: cause, reason
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रभाः: radiances/splendours (named Prabhā-s)
• प्रभाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सर्वपापायनुत्तये: for the removal/cessation of all sin
• सर्वपापायनुत्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपापायनुत्ति (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + अयन + उत्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced; first-person narration closing the chapter segment)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Hayagrīva-context audience; immediately prior discourse recipient (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes an origin account of Hayagrīva and points to the radiant tīrtha whose very ‘prabhā’ dissolves sins; pilgrims stand at a luminous ford with ritual vessels, while the narrator gestures in benediction.

Characters & Entities

• Hayagrīva
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s māhātmya is framed as a sin-destroying revelation, connecting sacred geography with divine causality (here, Hayagrīva).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tirtha within the Dharmāraṇya context, continuing the Devakhāta-centered praise; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s pāpa-removing power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it functions as a concluding statement asserting the tīrtha’s sin-destroying efficacy.