Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा सह देवैः समागतः । ब्रह्महत्याविमुक्तं तं ज्ञात्वा सर्वसुराधिपम्

Transliteration

etasminnantare brahmā saha devaiḥ samāgataḥ | brahmahatyāvimuktaṃ taṃ jñātvā sarvasurādhipam

Translation

Da kam Brahmā zusammen mit den Göttern herbei; und als er erkannte, dass der Herr aller Gottheiten vom Makel des Brahmanenmordes befreit war, trat er zu ihm.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative)

• antare: in the meantime/interval
• antare: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative: in the interval/meanwhile)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; सह-योगे (with; governs instrumental)

• devaiḥ: with the gods
• devaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• samāgataḥ: arrived/came
• samāgataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृतान्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (समागतः = has come/arrived)

• brahmahatyāvimuktam: freed from brahmahatyā (sin of killing a Brahmin)
• brahmahatyāvimuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmahatyā + vimukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्यया विमुक्तम् = freed from brahma-slaughter sin)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative pronoun)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having known)

• sarvasurādhipam: the lord of all gods
• sarvasurādhipam: Karma (Object in apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + sura + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां सुराणाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvaraja-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā arrives with a host of gods at the purified kṣetra; they approach Indra, now radiant, acknowledging his freedom from brahmahatyā; the scene feels like a celestial court at a pilgrimage site.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• devas
• Śakra (Indra)
• brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fruits of tīrtha and prāyaścitta are affirmed by divine order: even great sins can be lifted through dharmic means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene belongs to the Viśvāmitra-hrada/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra purification episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes the achieved result—freedom from brahmahatyā—following prescribed snāna and worship.