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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

पञ्चसूनाकृतं पापं तथाऽधर्मकृतं च यत् । कृमिकीटपतंगाश्च निहताः पथि गच्छता । परान्नं परपानीयमस्पृश्य स्पर्शसंगमम् । तत्सर्वं नाशमाप्नोति भगवत्केतुदर्शनात्

Transliteration

pañcasūnākṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tathā'dharmakṛtaṃ ca yat | kṛmikīṭapataṃgāśca nihatāḥ pathi gacchatā | parānnaṃ parapānīyamaspṛśya sparśasaṃgamam | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāpnoti bhagavatketudarśanāt

Translation

The sin incurred through the “five household-slaughters” (pañca-sūnā), and whatever wrong has been done; the killing of worms, insects, and flying creatures while walking on the road; eating another’s food, drinking another’s water, and contact with what ought not be touched—all of that is destroyed by the mere sight of the Lord’s banner.

Word by Word
पञ्चसूनाकृतम्committed through the five household violences
पञ्चसूनाकृतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चसूनाकृत (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + सूनाकृत, कृ (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) — 'made/committed by the five-sūnā-s'
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अधर्मकृतम्done as unrighteousness
अधर्मकृतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधर्मकृत (प्रातिपदिक; अधर्म + कृत, कृ (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
यत्whatever (sin)
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
कृमिworm
कृमि:
Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootकृमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप; समासाङ्ग (compound member)
कीटinsect
कीट:
Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootकीट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप; समासाङ्ग
पतंगाःflying insects
पतंगाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपतंग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात
निहताःkilled
निहताः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-हन् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय; निहत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP)
पथिon the road
पथि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (locative)
गच्छताby one who is walking
गच्छता:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootगम् (धातु) शतृ-प्रत्यय; गच्छत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle)
परान्नम्another's food
परान्नम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपर + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (another's food)
परपानीयम्another's drink
परपानीयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपर + पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (another's drink/water)
अस्पृश्यuntouchable (impure)
अस्पृश्य:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअस्पृश्य (प्रातिपदिक; स्पृश् (धातु) यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्यय, नञ्-पूर्वक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणरूप कृदन्त — 'untouchable/impure to touch'
स्पर्शसंगमम्contact by touch
स्पर्शसंगमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्पर्श + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्पुरुष (contact/association by touch)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ सर्वनाम (demonstrative)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन
नाशम्destruction
नाशम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन
आप्नोतिattains
आप्नोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
भगवत्केतुदर्शनात्from seeing the Lord's banner
भगवत्केतुदर्शनात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् + केतु + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (from the sight of the Lord's banner/standard)
Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhagavat-ketu-darśana (Dvārakā dhvaja)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering temple flag (Bhagavat-ketu) visible above rooftops; pilgrims on the road—some worried by accidental harms—look up as a purifying light seems to wash over them; tiny insects on the path and a traveler’s water-pot evoke the listed impurities now dissolved.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhagavat (Lord)
K
Ketu (banner/standard)
D
Dvārakā

FAQs

Sacred darśana—especially of the Lord’s emblem—functions as a powerful purifier, dissolving accumulated and incidental faults.

Dvārakā, indicated through the Lord’s ketu (banner) associated with the shrine/abode.

No formal rite is mandated; the verse presents darśana of the Lord’s banner as an effective purificatory act.

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