Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यायुतस्त्वं हि राक्षसानां वधेन हि । भैरवस्य सभा नूनं न द्रष्टव्या त्वया कपे

Transliteration

brahmahatyāyutastvaṃ hi rākṣasānāṃ vadhena hi | bhairavasya sabhā nūnaṃ na draṣṭavyā tvayā kape

Translation

Ciertamente cargas con el pecado de brahmahatyā por la muerte de los Rākṣasas. Por ello, oh mono, la asamblea de Bhairava no debe ser por ti ni acercada ni contemplada.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्यायुतः: tainted with brahmahatyā
• ब्रह्महत्यायुतः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्यया युतः = ‘endowed/tainted with brahmahatyā’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/causal)

• राक्षसानाम्: of the demons
• राक्षसानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• वधेन: by (the act of) killing
• वधेन: Karana (Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण/हेतु (instrumental of cause)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; पुनरुक्ति)

• भैरवस्य: of Bhairava
• भैरवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• सभा: assembly/court
• सभा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता/विषय

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Modal adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/particle of certainty)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation)

• द्रष्टव्या: is to be seen/should be seen
• द्रष्टव्या: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रष्टव्य (कृदन्त; √दृश् (धातु) + तव्यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory passive)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्ता (agent with gerundive/passive obligation)

• कपे: O monkey
• कपे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

Speaker

Nandin (deduced from immediate dialogue context; addressed to Hanumān)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairava-sabhā (Kailāsa-associated)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandin admonishes Hanumān at the threshold: the atmosphere darkens slightly, suggesting Bhairava’s fierce court beyond—shadowed pillars, tridents, skull-garlands—while Hanumān stands restrained, absorbing the charge of ‘brahmahatyā’ as a karmic burden.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairava
• Rākṣasas
• Hanumān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serious transgressions require humility and proper purification before entering powerful sacred spaces associated with fierce deities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider passage points toward Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas, where purification becomes possible.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it warns against approaching Bhairava’s sabhā while impure.