Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कीर्तय भूपाल कस्मिंस्तीर्थे समागतः । त्वं मुक्तः पातकाद्घोराद्ब्रह्महत्यासमुद्भवात्

Transliteration

tasmātkīrtaya bhūpāla kasmiṃstīrthe samāgataḥ | tvaṃ muktaḥ pātakādghorādbrahmahatyāsamudbhavāt

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ ഭൂപാലാ, നീ ഏത് തീർത്ഥത്തിലേക്കാണ് എത്തിയതെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിക്കൂ; അതിലൂടെ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യയിൽ നിന്നുദ്ഭവിച്ച ആ ഭയങ്കര പാതകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് നീ മോചിതനായിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण निबद्धम्; हेत्वर्थ-अव्यय (therefore/from that reason)

• कीर्तय: tell, proclaim
• कीर्तय: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; णिजन्त from कीर्त्/कीर्ति)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• भूपाल: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (भूमेः पालः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• कस्मिन्: in which
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक विशेषण

• तीर्थे: at (a) sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• समागतः: (you) have come, arrived
• समागतः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (त्वं) इति अध्याहार्य

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पातकात्: from sin/crime
• पातकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• घोरात्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरात्: Apadana (Qualifier of source/अपादान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (पातकस्य)

• ब्रह्महत्यासमुद्भवात्: arising from brahma-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्यासमुद्भवात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्यायाः समुद्भवः = arising from brahma-murder); पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhrūṇagarta (to be named in ensuing narration)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly or assembly setting: elders/sages ask the king to declare the exact tīrtha that removed brahmahatyā; the king prepares to narrate, hands folded in humility.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• king
• tīrtha (unnamed in verse)
• brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One should publicize the power of holy places so others may gain faith and pursue purification through dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question points to the tīrtha responsible for liberation from brahmahatyā; in this adhyāya it is Bhrūṇagarta.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is kīrtana—speaking and spreading the tīrtha’s greatness; no bathing/charity is specified in this verse.