Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यः कामतो महापापं नरः कुर्य्नात्कथंचन । न तस्य निष्कृतिर्दृष्टा भृग्वग्निपतनादृते

Transliteration

yaḥ kāmato mahāpāpaṃ naraḥ kurynātkathaṃcana | na tasya niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā bhṛgvagnipatanādṛte

Translation

Wer aus Begierde vorsätzlich eine große Sünde begeht—auf welche Weise auch immer—für den ist keine Sühne zu sehen, außer in das Feuer des Bhṛgu zu stürzen.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• कामतः: intentionally
• कामतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kāmataḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): intentionally

• महापापम्: a great sin
• महापापम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: महत् पापम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do / were to commit
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indefinite adverb): “somehow/anyhow/ever”

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• निष्कृतिः: expiation
• निष्कृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣkṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्टा: is seen/known
• दृष्टा: Kriya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “seen/known”

• भृग्वग्निपतनात्: from (the act of) falling into the Bhṛgu-fire
• भृग्वग्निपतनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक) + patana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समाहार/तत्पुरुष-समासः: भृग्वग्नौ पतनम् (falling into Bhṛgu-fire)

• ऋते: except
• ऋते: Vyatireka (Exception)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ṛte (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like): “except/without”; पञ्चमी-सहयोगी

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgvagni (Bhṛgu’s sacred fire) in Prabhāsa context

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark scene: a blazing sacred fire identified with Bhṛgu; a condemned sinner stands at its edge, while sages look on with stern compassion; the Prabhāsa shoreline and temple loom in the background, emphasizing dharma’s severity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Bhṛgu-agni (Bhṛgu’s fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deliberate grave wrongdoing is portrayed as spiritually catastrophic, with expiation presented as extremely severe and rare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra context; the mention of Bhṛgu connects to the sacral lore of the region associated with Bhṛgu and austerity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An exceptional, severe expiation is cited: falling into Bhṛgu’s fire (bhṛgv-agni-patana).