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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मघातोद्भवेनैव बालभावेऽपि संस्थिते । येऽत्र कुष्ठसमायुक्ता दृश्यंते मानवा भुवि । तैर्नूनं ब्राह्मणाघातो विहितश्चान्यजन्मनि

Transliteration

brahmaghātodbhavenaiva bālabhāve'pi saṃsthite | ye'tra kuṣṭhasamāyuktā dṛśyaṃte mānavā bhuvi | tairnūnaṃ brāhmaṇāghāto vihitaścānyajanmani

Translation

Même dès l’enfance, les hommes que l’on voit ici sur terre atteints de lèpre ne le sont qu’en raison de la conséquence du brahma-hatyā, le meurtre d’un brāhmaṇa ; assurément, dans une naissance antérieure, ils ont commis la mise à mort d’un brāhmaṇa.

Word by Word
ब्रह्मघातोद्भवेनby (a cause) arising from brahmin-slaying
ब्रह्मघातोद्भवेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मघात (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मघातात् उद्भवः) ‘ब्रह्मघातोद्भवेन’ (by that which arises from brahmin-slaying)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात; अवधारण) — ‘एव’ (indeed/only)
बालभावेin childhood
बालभावे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबालभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — तत्पुरुषः (बालस्य भावः) ‘बालभावे’ (in childhood)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — ‘अपि’ (even/also)
संस्थितेwhen present
संस्थिते:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘संस्थिते’ (when situated/being present)
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘ये’ (those who)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘अत्र’ (here)
कुष्ठसमायुक्ताःafflicted with leprosy
कुष्ठसमायुक्ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootकुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-आ-युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘समायुक्त’ (afflicted/associated) with ‘कुष्ठ’ (leprosy)
दृश्यन्तेare seen
दृश्यन्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘दृश्यन्ते’ (are seen/appear)
मानवाःpeople
मानवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘मानवाः’ (humans/men)
भुविon earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘भुवि’ (on earth/in the world)
तैःby them
तैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — ‘तैः’ (by them)
नूनम्surely
नूनम्:
Sambandha (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निश्चयार्थक) — ‘नूनम्’ (surely)
ब्राह्मणाघातःbrahmin-slaying
ब्राह्मणाघातः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + घात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्राह्मणस्य घातः) (killing of a brahmin)
विहितःwas committed
विहितः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘विहितः’ (done/committed/ordained)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — ‘च’ (and)
अन्यजन्मनिin another birth
अन्यजन्मनि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — तत्पुरुषः (अन्यं जन्म) ‘अन्यजन्मनि’ (in another birth)
Speaker

Narrative voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya (speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied by surrounding verses)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-figure explains to a king that childhood leprosy seen among people is the karmic consequence of brahmahatyā in a former birth.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇa (as a class)
B
Brahmahatyā (sin of brahma-slaughter)

FAQs

Actions (karma), especially grave sins like brāhmaṇa-hatyā, ripen into suffering; dharma and atonement are therefore essential.

The surrounding Adhyāya context points to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and the purifying Jāhnavī waters mentioned shortly after.

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets the karmic diagnosis that later verses address through tīrtha-snānā and related rites.

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