Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अनेकक्लेशसंयुक्तं गर्भवासं न पश्यति । ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानां नाशकं च प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

anekakleśasaṃyuktaṃ garbhavāsaṃ na paśyati | brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ nāśakaṃ ca prakīrtitam

Translation

Il ne revoit plus la demeure dans le sein maternel, liée à d’innombrables souffrances. On le proclame aussi destructeur des péchés, à commencer par la brahmahatyā, la faute la plus grave.

Word by Word

• aneka-kleśa-saṃyuktam: associated with many sufferings
• aneka-kleśa-saṃyuktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक) + kleśa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (गर्भवासम्)

• garbha-vāsam: dwelling in the womb
• garbha-vāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गर्भे वासः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (negation)

• paśyati: sees / experiences
• paśyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• brahmahatyā-ādi-pāpānām: of sins such as brahmahatyā
• brahmahatyā-ādi-pāpānām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmahatyā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्महत्यादीनि पापानि)

• nāśakam: destroyer
• nāśakam: Kriyā-viśeṣya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/विधेय), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• prakīrtitam: is proclaimed
• prakīrtitam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kīrt (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is proclaimed)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasetu

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative scene: a pilgrim emerges from the sea at Setu, shedding a dark aura symbolizing brahmahatyā and other sins; in the background, a faint depiction of the womb-cycle dissolving into light, signifying freedom from garbha-vāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep tīrtha-merit is framed as both sin-destruction and liberation from the painful cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Setukhaṇḍa, the implied tīrtha is Rāmasetu and its sanctifying practices.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new procedure is stated here; it declares the transformative fruit of the Rāmasetu-related observance: destruction of even grave sins and avoidance of rebirth.