Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 183

Devanagari script

जायते तद्ग्रहे नैव पापसंक्रमणं कुतः । श्रुतं पुराणमस्माभिः कथितं ब्रह्मवादिभिः

Transliteration

jāyate tadgrahe naiva pāpasaṃkramaṇaṃ kutaḥ | śrutaṃ purāṇamasmābhiḥ kathitaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ

Translation

Dans cette demeure, nulle contagion du péché ne naît — comment le pourrait-elle ? Car nous avons entendu cet enseignement purānique, proclamé par les interprètes du Brahman.

Word by Word

• जायते: arises/occurs
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तद्ग्रहे: in his house
• तद्ग्रहे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः: तस्य गृहे (in his house)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• पापसंक्रमणम्: transmission of sin
• पापसंक्रमणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + संक्रमण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: पापस्य संक्रमणम् (transmission/contagion of sin)

• कुतः: how/whence
• कुतः: Question/Reason (हेतु-प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: ‘whence/how’)

• श्रुतम्: (it is) heard
• श्रुतम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) used substantively (‘heard/learnt’)

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa (scriptural account)
• पुराणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘पुराणवचनम्’

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana/Agent (करण/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• कथितम्: (it is) told
• कथितम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) used substantively (‘told/declared’)

• ब्रह्मवादिभिः: by the Brahman-expounders
• ब्रह्मवादिभिः: Karana/Agent (करण/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः: ब्रह्मणः वादी (expounders of Brahman/Veda)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (within Dvārakā Māhātmya narration; attributed to the chapter’s narrator voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience within the māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm household with a tulasī plant in the courtyard; sages (brahmavādins) recite Purāṇa; a subtle boundary of light around the home signifies ‘no sin-contagion’.

Characters & Entities

• Purāṇa
• Brahmavādins (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A home grounded in authentic Purāṇic devotion is portrayed as protected from the spread of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the thematic locus of the section, frames the teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single ritual is specified here; it appeals to Purāṇic instruction as the basis for dharmic practice.