Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तेजोवधसमुद्भूतपातकेन स मुच्यते

Transliteration

tejovadhasamudbhūtapātakena sa mucyate

Translation

Er wird von der Sünde befreit, die aus der Tötung eines „tejovat“—eines Wesens geistiger Strahlkraft—entspringt, einer schweren, den Glanz vernichtenden Verfehlung.

Word by Word

• तेजो-वध-समुद्भूत-पातकेन: by/through the sin arisen from the killing of Tejas
• तेजो-वध-समुद्भूत-पातकेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भूत (कृदन्त; सम्-उद्-√भू) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तेजसः वधात् समुद्भूतं पातकम्); Instrumental singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): 'is released'

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva) (continuation from prior verse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakticchidra (near Kapāleśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent pilgrim emerges from sacred waters near Kapāleśvara, hands folded, with a visual motif of dark stain dissolving into light—symbolizing release from a grievous sin.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva tīrtha-observance is presented as powerful prāyaścitta, capable of dissolving even severe moral stains.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kapāleśvara/Śakticchidra tīrtha context described in Adhyāya 33.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the previously stated regimen (snāna, upavāsa, worship on caturdaśī) yields release from such sin.