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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतद्वः कथितं विप्रा लोहासुरविचेष्टितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्महा गोघ्नो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etadvaḥ kathitaṃ viprā lohāsuraviceṣṭitam | yacchrutvā brahmahā goghno mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Sūta dit : Ô brāhmaṇas, je vous ai ainsi raconté les actes liés à Lohāsura. En l’entendant, même celui qui a commis le meurtre d’un brāhmane ou d’une vache est délivré de tous les péchés.

Word by Word
सूतःSūta
सूतः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘said’
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here object ‘this’
वःto you (all)
वः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (enclitic); here dative ‘to you’
कथितम्has been narrated
कथितम्:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथित (कृदन्त; कथ् धातु + क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘has been told’
विप्राःO brāhmaṇas
विप्राः:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Vocative plural
लोहासुरविचेष्टितम्the deed/episode of the demon Loha
लोहासुरविचेष्टितम्:
Karma (Appositional object)
TypeNoun
Rootलोह-असुर-विचेष्टित (प्रातिपदिक; लोहासुरस्य विचेष्टितम्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to ‘एतत्’
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun ‘which’ (object of श्रुत्वा)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having heard’
ब्रह्महाa slayer of a brāhmaṇa
ब्रह्महा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्म-हन् (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मणः हन्ता)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
गोघ्नःa cow-killer
गोघ्नः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगो-हन् (प्रातिपदिक; गवां हन्ता)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (in apposition)
मुच्यतेis released
मुच्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘is freed’
सर्वपातकैःfrom all sins
सर्वपातकैः:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (ablatival sense with passive)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lohāsura-vicēṣṭita (Lohayaṣṭī context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta seated in a forest hermitage assembly, addressing attentive brāhmaṇas; the tale of Lohāsura is symbolized behind him as a subdued demon figure dissolving into light, indicating sin-release through hearing.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
V
Vipras (brāhmaṇas)
L
Lohāsura
B
Brahmahatyā
G
Gohatyā

FAQs

Reverent listening to tīrtha-māhātmya and Purāṇic narration is itself a purifier with vast atonement power.

The Lohayaṣṭī/Lohāsura-associated tīrtha complex described in this Dharmāraṇya section.

Śravaṇa (hearing) of the Lohāsura account is presented as a powerful means of purification.

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