Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया । तत्र श्राद्धं करिष्यंति मनुष्याः श्रद्धयान्विताः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā mucyate brahmahatyayā | tatra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti manuṣyāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ

Translation

Wer dort in Hingabe badet, wird sogar von der Sünde der Brahmanentötung befreit. Dort werden Menschen, von Glauben erfüllt, die Śrāddha-Riten (Ahnenopfer) in Ehrfurcht vollziehen.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशार्थक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having bathed)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा (1st case)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; तृतीया (3rd case)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive)

• ब्रह्महत्यया: from brahmin-slaying (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्यया: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; तृतीया (3rd case); समासः: ब्रह्मणः हत्या (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशार्थक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; द्वितीया (2nd case)

• करिष्यन्ति: will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• मनुष्याः: people
• मनुष्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचनम्; प्रथमा (1st case)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; तृतीया (3rd case)

• अन्विताः: endowed (with)
• अन्विताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अन्वि+√इ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचनम्; प्रथमा (1st case); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषणम् (मनुष्याः)

Speaker

Govinda (Viṣṇu), as reported by Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda sacred lake (pūnya-hṛda)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee emerges from the sacred lake with folded hands, aura of relief and purity; nearby, another group prepares śrāddha offerings—piṇḍa, tila, water libations—under the guidance of elders, with the lake and Arbuda landscape behind.

Characters & Entities

• Govinda
• brahmahatyā
• śrāddha
• Vārāha Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional bathing at a powerful tīrtha is presented as a profound purifier, and faith-based ancestral duty is upheld through śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāha Tīrtha and its sacred bathing spot (the lake) within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) with bhakti and performance of śrāddha for ancestors at the tīrtha.