Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

मुशलं लङ्घयेद् यस्तु यो गास्त्यजति वै द्विजः । तत्पापं क्षयमाप्नोति ब्रह्मकुण्डस्य दर्शनात्

Transliteration

muśalaṃ laṅghayed yastu yo gāstyajati vai dvijaḥ | tatpāpaṃ kṣayamāpnoti brahmakuṇḍasya darśanāt

Translation

Même le péché d’un dvija, « deux-fois-né », qui franchit les limites sacrées ou abandonne les vaches, s’anéantit par la seule vision du Brahmakuṇḍa.

Word by Word

• muśalam: a pestle/club
• muśalam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• laṅghayet: should transgress/step over
• laṅghayet: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: laṅgh (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa/viśeṣaṇa-nipāta (particle: but/indeed)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• gāḥ: cows
• gāḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana

• tyajati: abandons/gives up
• tyajati: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Niścaya-nipāta (particle: indeed)

• dvijaḥ: a brāhmaṇa (twice-born)
• dvijaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; anaphoric (that)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• kṣayam: destruction/cessation
• kṣayam: Karma (Result/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• brahma-kuṇḍasya: of Brahmakuṇḍa
• brahma-kuṇḍasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana; brahmaṇaḥ kuṇḍaḥ (genitive-tatpuruṣa)

• darśanāt: from seeing (it)
• darśanāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Pañcamī (5th), Ekavacana; hetu/ablative (from/by)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dvija pilgrim beholds Brahmakuṇḍa from the steps; the very sight triggers a cleansing radiance. Symbolic imagery shows a cow safely sheltered and a boundary-marker restored, signifying repaired dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmakuṇḍa
• Darśana
• Go (cow)
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-darśana itself is portrayed as powerful expiation, reaffirming the sanctity of Brahmakuṇḍa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverential viewing/visitation) of Brahmakuṇḍa as a means of pāpa-kṣaya.