Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

एतद्वै जप्यमानस्तु पुनरावर्तते न तु । सर्वरोगविनिर्मुक्तो मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया

Transliteration

etadvai japyamānastu punarāvartate na tu | sarvarogavinirmukto mucyate brahmahatyayā

Translation

Wahrlich, wer dies beständig als Japa wiederholt, kehrt nicht wieder (zur Wiedergeburt) zurück. Von allen Krankheiten befreit, wird er sogar von der Sünde der brahma-hatyā, der Tötung eines Brāhmaṇa, erlöst.

Word by Word

• etat: this (thing/that)
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• vai: indeed, surely
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• japyamānaḥ: being recited (by one who recites)
• japyamānaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (जप् धातु) + yamāna (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद-प्रयोगे शतृ/शानच्-समकक्षः; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• tu: but, however
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• āvartate: returns, comes back
• āvartate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√vṛt (आवृत् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• sarva-roga-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all diseases
• sarva-roga-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक) + roga (रोग प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (वि+निर्मुक्त कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारण): 'सर्वेषां रोगाणां विनिर्मुक्तः'; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• mucyate: is released, is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• brahmahatyayā: from/with (the sin of) brahmin-slaying
• brahmahatyayā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-hatyā (ब्रह्महत्या प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी): 'ब्रह्मणः हत्या'; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव (instrumental/cause)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee chanting with radiant Surya above; dark knots (sins) dissolve into light; ailing figures become healthy; a symbolic gate of saṃsāra closes behind the chanter, indicating ‘no return’.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa
• Saṃsāra (return)
• Brahmahatyā
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady sacred japa is portrayed as both healing and liberating—destroying karmic bondage up to the gravest sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such japa is praised for extraordinary merit and purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous japa of the specified formula, with promised fruits: non-return (mokṣa), freedom from disease, and expiation of brahma-hatyā.