Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

स स्त्रीहत्याकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । तस्मादद्य दिने पुत्र भौमवारसमन्विता

Transliteration

sa strīhatyākṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | tasmādadya dine putra bhaumavārasamanvitā

Translation

…il est délivré des péchés nés du meurtre d’une femme — il n’y a là aucun doute. Ainsi donc, mon fils, puisque ce jour est conjoint au mardi (le jour de Bhauma)…

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• strī-hatyā-kṛtāt: from (the sin) caused by committing woman-murder
• strī-hatyā-kṛtāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: strī + hatyā + kṛt (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; कृदन्तः—कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कर्तरि)

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense)

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुँल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore)

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• dine: on the day
• dine: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• bhauma-vāra-samanvitā: accompanied by Tuesday
• bhauma-vāra-samanvitā: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhauma + vāra + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (षष्ठी/तिथिः)

Speaker

Nabhovāṇī (revealed in next verse as Śaṃtanu addressing Bhīṣma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed western-side tīrtha (Varuṇa-diśi)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn assurance is given: the bath frees one from the sin of woman-slaying; the speaker urges action because the day is Tuesday.

Characters & Entities

• strīhatyā
• bhaumavāra (Tuesday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is possible through divinely sanctioned means; sincere observance of tīrtha-rites can lift even grave karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise of release refers to the indicated Śarmiṣṭhā-tīrtha and its prescribed bath timing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the prescribed tīrtha-snān on the day aligned with Tuesday (and, by context, the ṣaṣṭhī tithi).