Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तः सौदासो यत्र पार्थिवः । स्त्रीहत्यया विनिर्मुक्तः सुषेणो वसुधाधिपः

Transliteration

brahmahatyāvinirmuktaḥ saudāso yatra pārthivaḥ | strīhatyayā vinirmuktaḥ suṣeṇo vasudhādhipaḥ

Translation

ആ പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്ത് രാജാവ് സൗദാസൻ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാപാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായി; ഭൂമിയാധിപനായ സുഷേണനും സ്ത്രീഹത്യാപാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനായി.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from brahmin-slaughter (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सौदासः: Saudāsa
• सौदासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौदास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (राजा)

• स्त्रीहत्यया: from/with (the sin of) woman-slaughter
• स्त्रीहत्यया: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीहत्या (प्रातिपदिक: स्त्री + हत्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; हेतु/निमित्त (cause/instrument)

• विनिर्मुक्तः: freed/released
• विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुषेणः: Suṣeṇa
• सुषेणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुषेण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वसुधाधिपः: lord of the earth (king)
• वसुधाधिपः: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual; dialogue resumes with Sūta from v.14)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhrūṇa-gartā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of the sacred pit, two kings—Saudāsa and Suṣeṇa—stand humbled; ritual water and offerings signify the lifting of heavy sin, while sages witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Saudāsa
• Suṣeṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha, upheld by dharma, is proclaimed capable of dissolving even grave sins when approached with reverence and proper conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse points to “that place” whose name is clarified by the surrounding narrative of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it asserts the tīrtha’s power of purification, implying pilgrimage practices like snāna and devotion.