Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

त्वद्दर्शनमपुण्यानां भविता न कदाचन । ब्रह्महा च सुरापी च स्तेयी चाभूत्सुतो मम

Transliteration

tvaddarśanamapuṇyānāṃ bhavitā na kadācana | brahmahā ca surāpī ca steyī cābhūtsuto mama

Translation

„Deine heilige Gegenwart wird von Unverdienstlichen niemals erlangt. Und doch ist mein Sohn zum Töter eines Brāhmaṇa, zum Trinker von berauschendem Trank und zum Dieb geworden.“

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (genitive sense), पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-रूपसम्भव (pronominal stem used as first member), एकवचन (sing.)

• दर्शनम्: seeing/vision
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• अपुण्यानाम्: of the sinful/unmeritorious
• अपुण्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.)/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.) (context: persons), षष्ठी (6th case, genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (sing.)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• कदाचन: ever (with 'not': never)
• कदाचन: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb), 'ever/at any time' (with न = never)

• ब्रह्महा: a Brahmin-slayer
• ब्रह्महा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• सुरापी: a drinker of liquor
• सुरापी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• स्तेयी: a thief
• स्तेयी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेयिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfective past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (sing.)

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case, genitive), एकवचन (sing.)

Speaker

Yajñadeva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The father, trembling, confesses that his son has fallen into brahmahatyā, surāpāna, and theft; Durvāsā listens with stern compassion, the air heavy with karmic dread.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• mahāpātakas (brahmahatyā, surāpāna, steya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confession and truthful acknowledgment of grave wrongdoing before a spiritual authority is portrayed as necessary for beginning purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-khaṇḍa context points to Setu tīrtha as the sacred backdrop where even grave sins are addressed through guidance and purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse lists mahāpātakas and frames the need for expiation under saintly instruction.