Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अहं तपसिनिष्ठश्च ततः प्रभृति चाभवम् । ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर्मुच्यते शिवपूजनात्

Transliteration

ahaṃ tapasiniṣṭhaśca tataḥ prabhṛti cābhavam | brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate śivapūjanāt

Translation

അന്നുമുതൽ ഞാൻ തപസ്സിൽ ദൃഢനിഷ്ഠനായി. ശിവപൂജയാൽ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാദി പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുപോലും മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• तपसि: in austerity
• तपसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• निष्ठः: steadfast, devoted
• निष्ठः: Visheshya (Predicate adjective/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• प्रभृति: from then on
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from, starting from)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अभवम्: I became
• अभवम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past); उत्तमपुरुष (1st); एकवचन

• ब्रह्महत्या-आदिभिः: by (sins) such as brahmahatyā
• ब्रह्महत्या-आदिभिः: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument/हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (ब्रह्महत्या); तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (समाहार/आदि-समास): ब्रह्महत्या च ये आदयः

• पापैः: by sins
• पापैः: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument/हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• शिवपूजनात्: from worship of Śiva
• शिवपूजनात्: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause/अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): शिवस्य पूजनम्

Speaker

Narrator/devotee

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King/interlocutor in frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic begins a life of steady tapas: seated in meditation before a Śiva-liṅga, offering flowers and water; shadowy forms labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-bhakti and Śiva-pūjā are portrayed as supremely purifying, capable of dissolving even grave karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse praises the universal efficacy of Śiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā (worship of Śiva) is stated as the means of release from sins.