Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यत्पापं कुरुते जंतुः पैशुन्यं च कृतघ्नताम् । मित्रद्रोहे च यत्पापं यत्पापं पारदारिकम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति कुंडस्नानरतस्य च

Transliteration

yatpāpaṃ kurute jaṃtuḥ paiśunyaṃ ca kṛtaghnatām | mitradrohe ca yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ pāradārikam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kuṃḍasnānaratasya ca

Translation

人が犯すいかなる罪—中傷、恩知らず、友への裏切り、そして他人の妻を汚す罪—それら一切は、クンダでの沐浴に専心する者にはことごとく消え去る。

Word by Word

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; sambandha-prayogaḥ (relative)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• kurute: does/commits
• kurute: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada

• jantuḥ: a creature/person
• jantuḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• paiśunyam: slander/backbiting
• paiśunyam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paiśunya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• kṛtaghnatām: ingratitude
• kṛtaghnatām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtaghnatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• mitradrohe: in betrayal of a friend
• mitradrohe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra + droha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana; mitrasya drohaḥ (genitive-tatpuruṣa)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; sambandha-prayogaḥ (relative)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; sambandha-prayogaḥ (relative)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• pāradārikam: adultery-related
• pāradārikam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paradāra + ika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; paradārāṇāṃ sambandhi (relating to another’s wife)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; anaphoric (that)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• vilayam: dissolution/destruction
• vilayam: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• yāti: goes/comes to
• yāti: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• kuṇḍa-snāna-ratasya: of one devoted to bathing in the kuṇḍa
• kuṇḍa-snāna-ratasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa + snāna + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana; kuṇḍe snāne rataḥ (locative-tatpuruṣa within)

• ca: and/also
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful pilgrim bathes repeatedly in a stepped kuṇḍa; dark, smoky forms symbolizing slander and betrayal dissolve into the water’s light; the pilgrim emerges calm, hands folded, resolved to ethical renewal.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa
• Snāna
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Brahmakuṇḍa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred tīrtha, approached with devotion, functions as prāyaścitta—dissolving even grave moral stains and urging a return to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa (sacred tank) of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa-centered glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kuṇḍa-snāna—devoted bathing in the sacred tank—as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).