Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तस्य पूर्वकृतं व्यक्तं कर्मणां कोटि मुच्यते । महेश्वरो ब्रह्महत्याभयाद्यत्र ततस्ततः

Transliteration

tasya pūrvakṛtaṃ vyaktaṃ karmaṇāṃ koṭi mucyate | maheśvaro brahmahatyābhayādyatra tatastataḥ

Translation

Para él, los frutos manifiestos de las acciones realizadas antes—por crores de karmas—quedan consumidos. Y Maheśvara (Śiva), allí y entonces, lo libera de temores como el pecado de matar a un brahmán y otros semejantes.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पूर्वकृतम्: previously done
• पूर्वकृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (पूर्वं कृतम् = done earlier)

• व्यक्तम्: manifest/clear
• व्यक्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कर्मणाम्: of deeds
• कर्मणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed/released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is released)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• ब्रह्महत्याभयादि: from brahmahatyā, fear, etc.
• ब्रह्महत्याभयादि: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-समर्थ (contextual); समाहार-द्वन्द्व (brahmahatyā + bhaya + ādi = ‘Brahmin-slaying, fear, etc.’)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (where)

• ततः: from there
• ततः: Sambandha (Causal/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/तदनन्तरवाचक अव्यय (from there/thereupon)

• ततः: again/from place to place
• ततः: Sambandha (Distributive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (repeated for distributive sense: ‘here and there’)

Speaker

Bāla (continuing reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maheśvara-kṣetra (generalized)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s protective presence manifests around a devotee: a radiant aura dispels dark fear-forms labeled as brahmahatyā-bhaya; karmic chains dissolve like smoke; the devotee stands fearless with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Brahmahatyā (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace—especially of Śiva—can neutralize terrifying karmic burdens and even the fear of grave sins, while karmic results get exhausted in due course.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse alludes to a sacred ‘here’ (atra) but does not name a tīrtha in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it implies Śiva-worship/devotion as the means for release from fear and sin.