Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

महापातकसंहारि गोकर्णाख्यं मनोरमम् । यत्र स्थितिर्न पापानां महद्भ्यो महतामपि

Transliteration

mahāpātakasaṃhāri gokarṇākhyaṃ manoramam | yatra sthitirna pāpānāṃ mahadbhyo mahatāmapi

Translation

മഹാപാതകങ്ങളെ സംഹരിക്കുന്ന ‘ഗോകർണം’ എന്ന മനോഹര തീർത്ഥം; അവിടെ പാപങ്ങൾക്ക് നിലയില്ല—സാധാരണർക്കും ഇല്ല, മഹത്തുകളിൽ മഹത്തർക്കും ഇല്ല।

Word by Word

• महापातकसंहारि: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकसंहारि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + संहारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• गोकर्णाख्यम्: named Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णाख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोकर्ण + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• मनोरमम्: charming, delightful
• मनोरमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (indeclinable; locative-relative adverb 'where')

• स्थितिः: abiding, presence
• स्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

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

• पापानाम्: of sins
• पापानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (neuter, genitive plural)

• महद्भ्यः: from the great (ones)
• महद्भ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masc/neut, ablative plural; adjective)

• महताम्: of the great (ones)
• महताम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masc/neut, genitive plural; adjective)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (indeclinable; 'also/even')

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice not identifiable from the isolated verse; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene coastal kṣetra: temple spire near the sea, pilgrims arriving with offerings; the atmosphere suggests an invisible boundary where ‘sins cannot remain’.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A truly sanctified tīrtha can nullify the power of even grave sins; holiness is portrayed as stronger than impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa, praised as a supremely purifying sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the inherent sin-destroying potency of the site.