Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । निःशेषं ब्रह्महत्या ते शिवतीर्थे निमज्जनात्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | niḥśeṣaṃ brahmahatyā te śivatīrthe nimajjanāt

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ശിവതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ മുങ്ങി സ്നാനം ചെയ്തതാൽ നിന്റെ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യ പൂർണ്ണമായും നശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• निःशेषम्: completely, without remainder
• निःशेषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially)

• ब्रह्महत्या: the sin of Brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शिवतीर्थे: in the Śiva-tīrtha (holy ford)
• शिवतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• निमज्जनात्: from (the act of) bathing/immersing
• निमज्जनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमज्जन (प्रातिपदिक; √मज्ज् धातोः भाव/क्रिया-नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhairava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) pronounces absolution: Bhairava, bearing a skull-bowl, stands at a sacred waterbody labeled Śivatīrtha; the water glows as the sin is washed away.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Brahmahatyā
• Śivatīrtha
• Bhairava (listener, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva affirms that sincere immersion in a supremely sanctified tīrtha can fully dissolve even the heaviest karmic burden.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śivatīrtha is directly glorified as the place where Brahmahatyā is annihilated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana—ritual immersion/bathing in Śivatīrtha.