Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

विद्यते ब्रह्महत्यानामयुतायुतनाशनम् । दर्शनं ब्रह्मकुंडस्य सर्वपापौघनाशनम्

Transliteration

vidyate brahmahatyānāmayutāyutanāśanam | darśanaṃ brahmakuṃḍasya sarvapāpaughanāśanam

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മകുണ്ഡത്തിന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ പാപപ്രവാഹങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം നശിക്കുന്നു; ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാദോഷങ്ങളുടെ അയ്യുതായുതങ്ങളെയും അത് നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു എന്നു ശ്രുതി പറയുന്നു।

Word by Word

• विद्यते: exists, is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — ‘exists/is found’

• ब्रह्म-हत्यानाम्: of Brahmin-slayings (brahmahatyā sins)
• ब्रह्म-हत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः हत्या) — Genitive plural feminine

• अयुत-अयुत-नाशनम्: destroyer of countless (ten-thousands upon ten-thousands of) sins
• अयुत-अयुत-नाशनम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (Object or Complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-समासभावः — ‘destroyer of tens-of-thousands (ayuta-ayuta)’

• दर्शनम्: the seeing/visiting
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Nominative/Accusative singular neuter

• ब्रह्मकुंडस्य: of Brahmakuṇḍa
• ब्रह्मकुंडस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मकुंड (प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्म + कुंड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — Genitive singular neuter

• सर्व-पाप-ओघ-नाशनम्: destroying the entire flood of sins
• सर्व-पाप-ओघ-नाशनम्: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानाम् ओघस्य नाशनम्) — used predicatively qualifying दर्शनम्

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextually Sūta in Adhyāya 14)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas / tīrtha-inquirers (implied by surrounding address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the edge of Brahma-kuṇḍa with folded hands; dark, smoky ‘pāpa’ forms dissolve into light above the water; the kuṇḍa reflects a radiant sky, suggesting instantaneous purification through sight.

Characters & Entities

• Brahma-kuṇḍa
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas are depicted as radically purifying—darśana itself can dissolve even grave karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahma-kuṇḍa in the Setu-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of Brahma-kuṇḍa is itself presented as a powerful purificatory act.