Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानां नाशः स्या न्नात्र संशयः । बहुना किं प्रलापेन सर्वान्कामान्समश्नुते

Transliteration

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ nāśaḥ syā nnātra saṃśayaḥ | bahunā kiṃ pralāpena sarvānkāmānsamaśnute

Translation

Les péchés, à commencer par le brahmahatyā, sont anéantis—il n’y a là aucun doute. À quoi bon de longs discours ? On obtient l’accomplissement de tous les désirs légitimes.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्या-आदि-पापानाम्: of sins such as brahmahatyā (killing a Brahmin)
• ब्रह्महत्या-आदि-पापानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (आदि-तत्पुरुष/समाहारार्थ)

• नाशः: destruction
• नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be / may occur
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• बहुना: with much (talk) / by much (speech)
• बहुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतुवाचक प्रयोगः

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• प्रलापेन: by prattle / by talk
• प्रलापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• समश्नुते: attains / enjoys
• समश्नुते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setu-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Setubandha (Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at the sea-shore of Setu, hands folded, with a distant chain of sandbars; a radiant tīrtha-personification dissolves dark ‘pāpa’ shadows, while a calm Śiva-liṅga shrine and Rāma’s presence are implied.

Characters & Entities

• Setu (Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha)
• brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Setu-associated dharma is portrayed as powerfully purificatory, capable of erasing grave sins and granting fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvaram), praised for extraordinary pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified here; the verse summarizes the overarching purifying and wish-fulfilling fruit of Setu-related devotion.