Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

एतेन तव राजेंद्र रामनाथस्य शूलिनः । स्त्रीहत्य्रा ब्रह्महत्या च तत्क्षणादेव नश्यतः

Transliteration

etena tava rājeṃdra rāmanāthasya śūlinaḥ | strīhatyrā brahmahatyā ca tatkṣaṇādeva naśyataḥ

Translation

Durch diese Übung, o König der Könige, werden durch Rāmanātha, den Dreizackträger, die Sünden des Frauenmordes und des Brahmanenmordes augenblicklich vernichtet.

Word by Word

• एतेन: by this (means)
• एतेन: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; साधन-वाचकः

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; राजा + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः)

• रामनाथस्य: of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक; राम + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण (रामनाथस्य)

• स्त्रीहत्या: the sin of killing a woman
• स्त्रीहत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीहत्या (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री + हत्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्त्रियाः हत्या)

• ब्रह्महत्या: the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + हत्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः/ब्राह्मणस्य हत्या)

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

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/Point of separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्क्षण (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् क्षणः)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

• नश्यतः: the two perish/are destroyed
• नश्यतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

A bodiless divine voice (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha at Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rajendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The culmination: the king is assured that by the prescribed daily worship, the gravest sins—woman-slaying and brahmin-slaying—are destroyed instantly through Rāmanātha, the trident-bearing Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Śūlin (Śiva)
• Strīhatyā
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When performed with true devotion and prescribed discipline, sacred worship at a powerful tīrtha is presented as a swift means of karmic purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha at Rāmasetu (Rāmeśvaram sacred geography) is upheld as a remover of mahāpātakas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse concludes the prāyaścitta promise: the earlier one-year trikāla sevā with abhiṣeka, naivedya, and dīpa worship yields the stated purification.