Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

एतद्गोप्यं वरारोहे न देयं यस्य कस्यचित् । ब्रह्मघ्नोपि विशुध्येत श्रुत्वैतन्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

etadgopyaṃ varārohe na deyaṃ yasya kasyacit | brahmaghnopi viśudhyeta śrutvaitannātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ഹേ വരാരോഹേ, ഇത് ഗോപ്യം; ആരെയെങ്കിലും എളുപ്പത്തിൽ നൽകേണ്ടതല്ല. ഇത് കേട്ടാൽ ബ്രഹ്മഹന്തകനും ശുദ്ധിയാകും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विषय

• गोप्यम्: to be kept secret
• गोप्यम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गुप् (गुप् रक्षणे धातु) → गोप्य (कृदन्त, यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय, 'to be kept secret'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped one
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरा + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (वरा आरोहा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• देयम्: to be given
• देयम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √दा (दा दाने धातु) → देय (कृदन्त, यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय, 'to be given'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• कस्यचित्: of anyone whatsoever
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सम्बन्ध (to anyone)

• ब्रह्मघ्नः: a slayer of a Brahmin
• ब्रह्मघ्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः घ्नः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादसूचक निपात (even/also)

• विशुध्येत: would be purified
• विशुध्येत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √शुध् (शुध् शौचे धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Conjunctive action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (श्रु श्रवणे धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): having heard

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; 'श्रुत्वा' इत्यस्य कर्म

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय; 'अत्र' इत्यनेन सह (नात्र)

• अत्र: here/in this
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-Agnitīrtha māhātmya (śravaṇa-phala emphasized)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varārohā Devī (the addressed female interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator privately instructs a noble lady (varārohe) near the seashore/temple precinct; the words appear as a glowing script-stream; behind them, the ocean and a subtle Agni glow signify the secret tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Varārohā (Devī epithet)
• Brahmahatyā (implied by brahmaghna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of genuine tīrtha-mahātmya carries immense purifying power, yet sacred knowledge should be shared responsibly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa/Agni-tīrtha narrative just described, whose hearing is said to purify.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dharmic guideline: keep the teaching confidential and do not disclose it indiscriminately.