Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापं मनोवाक्कायकर्मजम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति चक्रांकितप्रपूजनात्

Transliteration

brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ manovākkāyakarmajam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti cakrāṃkitaprapūjanāt

Translation

Sünden wie brahma-hatyā und jedes Vergehen, das aus Geist, Wort und leiblicher Tat entsteht—alles vergeht durch hingebungsvolle Verehrung dessen, was mit dem Cakra gezeichnet ist.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्या-आदिकम्: beginning with brahma-slaughter (i.e., brahmahatyā etc.)
• ब्रह्महत्या-आदिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पापम् इति)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मनः-वाक्-काय-कर्म-जम्: arising from mind, speech, body, and actions
• मनः-वाक्-काय-कर्म-जम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वाच् (प्रातिपदिक) + काय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पापम् इति); '...ज' = '...जन्य' (born of)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक-विशेषण

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'तत्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• विलयम्: dissolution, disappearance
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेष-गत्यर्थक (लयम् इति गन्तव्य-भावः)

• याति: goes, comes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चक्र-अंकित-प्रपूजनात्: from the worship of one marked with the discus (cakra)
• चक्र-अंकित-प्रपूजनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/कारण-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अंकित (कृदन्त; अङ्क्/अङ्कय् धातु, क्त) + प्रपूजन (प्रातिपदिक; पूज् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ अपादान/कारणार्थे

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrāṅkita-prapūjā (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small shrine with a cakra-imprinted stone on a clean altar; a devotee offers lamp, water, tulasī, and incense; above, a subtle Sudarśana aura signifies dissolution of sins.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrāṅkita (Cakra-marked sacred object/sign)
• Brahmahatyā (as a named grave sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes inner and outer purification; sincere worship linked to the Lord’s sign is said to burn even severe sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred domain, where cakra-marked objects are venerated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prapūjā (earnest worship) of the cakra-marked sacred presence/object as a purificatory practice.