Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वृत्रासुरस्य हनने जातं पापं सुरोत्तम । तत्पापं नाशय विभो मम दुःखप्रदं सदा

Transliteration

vṛtrāsurasya hanane jātaṃ pāpaṃ surottama | tatpāpaṃ nāśaya vibho mama duḥkhapradaṃ sadā

Translation

„O Bester unter den Göttern! Aus der Tötung Vṛtrāsuras ist Sünde entstanden. O allmächtiger Herr, vernichte jene Sünde, die mir stets Leid bereitet.“

Word by Word

• वृत्रासुरस्य: of Vṛtrāsura
• वृत्रासुरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र-असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• हनने: in the killing
• हनने: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनन (प्रातिपदिक; √हन् धातोः ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जातम्: arisen
• जातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with पापम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सुरोत्तम: O best of gods
• सुरोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (determiner of पापम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नाशय: destroy (you)
• नाशय: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नाशय (प्रातिपदिक; √नश्/नाश् धातोः णिजन्त-आदेश)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्त (causative)

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दुःखप्रदम्: pain-giving
• दुःखप्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of पापम्)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra references the slaying of Vṛtrāsura; a subtle visual echo may show distant battlefield imagery fading behind the present forest audience with Śiva, emphasizing remorse after victory.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vṛtrāsura
• Śiva (Vibhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence—even in cosmic duty—can leave a karmic residue; liberation comes through divine refuge and sacred means of expiation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, the place where the remedy for Indra’s Vṛtrahatyā is revealed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse itself is a plea; the remedial act is detailed in subsequent verses (entry into Dharmāraṇya and snāna).