Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण ब्रह्महत्या विनश्यति । इंद्रो वै वृत्रहा यस्मिन्विमुक्तो ब्रह्महत्यया

Transliteration

tasya darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā vinaśyati | iṃdro vai vṛtrahā yasminvimukto brahmahatyayā

Translation

അതിന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടു ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാദോഷം നശിക്കുന്നു. അതേ സ്ഥലത്താണ് വൃത്രഹാ ഇന്ദ്രൻ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാകലങ്കത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായത്.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of it / of that (liṅga)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दर्शन-मात्रेण: by mere sight
• दर्शन-मात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः दर्शन + मात्र (‘mere seeing’)

• ब्रह्महत्या: the sin of brahma-hatya
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः ब्रह्मन् + हत्या (हत्या of a brāhmaṇa)

• विनश्यति: perishes / is destroyed
• विनश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः वि-

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/एवकारार्थक (emphatic particle)

• वृत्रहा: slayer of Vṛtra
• वृत्रहा: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः वृत्र + हन् (‘slayer of Vṛtra’)

• यस्मिन्: in which (place/thing)
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• विमुक्तः: was freed
• विमुक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गः वि-

• ब्रह्महत्यया: from brahma-hatya
• ब्रह्महत्यया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतु/सहकारक-भावः (by/from the sin)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bilva-vana-mṛnmayaliṅga (Vastrāpatha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The earthen liṅga radiates; Indra, crowned and holding vajra, stands with lowered pride as a dark stain (symbolic brahmahatyā) dissolves into light; sages witness the purification.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Indra
• Vṛtra
• Brahmahatyā
• Vastrāpatha liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and Śiva-liṅgas are presented as powerful means of purification; sincere darśana can dissolve even grave karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The earthen liṅga in the bilva grove at Vastrāpatha, famed for removing brahmahatyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing/visiting) itself is stated as efficacious; no additional rite is specified in this verse.