Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

नमः संसारतप्तानां तापनाशैकहेतवे । नमो मद्ब्रह्महत्याविनाशिने च विषाशिने

Transliteration

namaḥ saṃsārataptānāṃ tāpanāśaikahetave | namo madbrahmahatyāvināśine ca viṣāśine

Translation

Verehrung Dir, der einzigen Ursache, die das Brennen der vom Saṃsāra Versengten beendet. Verehrung Dir, der sogar meine Sünde des Brahmanenmordes vernichtet, und Dir, der Du das Gift trankst.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• संसारतप्तानाम्: of those scorched by worldly existence
• संसारतप्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + तप्त (कृदन्त; तप् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (संसारे तप्ताः)

• तापनाशैकहेतवे: to the sole cause of ending (their) torment
• तापनाशैकहेतवे: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (तापस्य नाशः एव एकः हेतुः यस्य/यः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी एकवचन-रूप (Genitive ‘my’), समासपूर्वपद

• ब्रह्महत्याविनाशिने: to the destroyer of (the sin of) brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्याविनाशिने: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्यायाः विनाशिन्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विषाशिने: to the consumer of poison
• विषाशिने: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक) + आशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (विषम् अश्नाति इति)

Speaker

Śrī Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Nīlakaṇṭha with a blue throat, holding the poison contained; a suffering devotee scorched by ‘saṃsāra-fire’ kneels; cooling moonlight and Gaṅgā motif soothe; Setu sea in distance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Viṣāśin)
• Saṃsāra
• Brahmahatyā (mahāpātaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva alone cools the burning of saṃsāra and can dissolve even the heaviest karmic burdens when one takes refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvara setting, where Rāma’s prayer frames the tīrtha as a place of purification and relief from saṃsāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse implies confession and surrender through prayer as a means toward purification.