Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अतो दुर्विषहं घोरमस्माक व्यसनं महत् । रुद्रजाप्येन संप्राप्तमपनेतुं त्वमर्हसि

Transliteration

ato durviṣahaṃ ghoramasmāka vyasanaṃ mahat | rudrajāpyena saṃprāptamapanetuṃ tvamarhasi

Translation

ដូច្នេះ ដោយអានុភាពនៃជបៈរុទ្រៈ វិបត្តិដ៏សាហាវ និងមិនអាចទ្រាំទ្រ បានធ្លាក់មកលើយើង; ឱ​ព្រះអម្ចាស់ អ្នកគួរតែបំបាត់វា។

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धबोधक), अर्थे—‘तस्मात्/अतः’ (therefore)

• दुर्विषहम्: hard to bear
• दुर्विषहम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur + viṣaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (hard to endure)

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (terrible)

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• व्यसनम्: calamity/misfortune
• व्यसनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyasana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (great)

• रुद्रजाप्येन: by Rudra-recitation
• रुद्रजाप्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra + jāpya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; ‘रुद्रस्य जाप्यम्’ (Rudra-recitation)

• संप्राप्तम्: has befallen/occurred
• संप्राप्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्तम्’ (having come/occurred)

• अपनेतुम्: to remove
• अपनेतुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa + √nī (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); अर्थे—‘अपनयितुम्’ (to remove)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अर्हसि: are able/ought
• अर्हसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Pātakanāyakāḥ (lords/leaders of sins) addressing Brahmā (implied plea via context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of भयभीत (terrified) beings—personified ‘leaders of sins’—plead amid a dark, stormy cosmic backdrop, pointing to the unseen blaze of Rudra-japa that scorches their power; the mood is urgent supplication.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Brahmā
• Pātakanāyakāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rudra-japa is portrayed as so purifying that even the forces of sin feel threatened by its power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on the universal efficacy of Rudra-japa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rudra-japa (repetition/chanting of Rudra’s name or mantra) is indicated as the practice producing pāpa-destruction.