Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
विनाशं दुःखशोकार्तः करुणं पर्यदेवयत् । स ज्ञात्वा पापमात्मानं स्त्रीहत्यासुविदूषितम्
Transliteration
vināśaṃ duḥkhaśokārtaḥ karuṇaṃ paryadevayat | sa jñātvā pāpamātmānaṃ strīhatyāsuvidūṣitam
Translation
苦しみと悲嘆に打たれ、彼は滅びを哀れに嘆き悲しんだ。自らが罪人であり、女を殺めた罪によって深く汚されたと悟ったからである。
Word by Word
vināśamdestruction, ruin
vināśam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
duḥkha-śoka-ārtaḥafflicted by sorrow and grief
duḥkha-śoka-ārtaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootduḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — दुःखशोकाभ्याम् आर्तः
karuṇampiteously, compassionately
karuṇam:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkaruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
paryadevayatlamented, wailed
paryadevayat:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari + √dev (देव्/दिव्) (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः परि-
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
jñātvāhaving known/realized
jñātvā:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Root√jñā (ज्ञा) (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having known’
pāpamsinful
pāpam:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (आत्मानम्)
ātmānamhimself (the self)
ātmānam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
strī-hatyā-su-vidūṣitamthoroughly tainted by the killing of a woman
strī-hatyā-su-vidūṣitam:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक) + hatyā (प्रातिपदिक) + su- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + vidūṣita (कृदन्त, √dūṣ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — स्त्रीहत्यया सुविदूषितम् (अत्यन्तं दूषितम्); विशेषणम् (आत्मानम्)
Speaker
Deductive: Skanda (narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Arbuda Khaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The king collapses into lamentation, hands raised or clutching his head, acknowledging his ruin and the stain of killing a woman; the court stands silent.
FAQs
True purification begins when one honestly recognizes one’s wrongdoing and turns toward remorse and atonement.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes the moral crisis that leads to later pilgrimage.
Not yet; the verse focuses on confession-like self-recognition of sin.