Shloka 313

कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

Devanagari script

तम्मिंस्तीर्थे वरे स्नात्वा विमुक्त: पाप्मना किल । राजन्‌! कहते हैं, इस बातको जानकर देवराज इन्द्र उसी श्रेष्ठ तीर्थमें स्नान करके ब्रह्महत्याके पापसे मुक्त हुए थे

Transliteration

tammiṁs tīrthe vare snātvā vimuktaḥ pāpmanā kila | rājan |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Raja, dikatakan bahawa setelah mengetahui hal itu, Indra—penguasa para dewa—mandi di tīrtha yang unggul itu dan terbebas daripada noda dosa brahmahatyā (pembunuhan seorang brāhmaṇa).”

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that

तीर्थेat the sacred ford/pilgrimage place

वरेexcellent, best

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

विमुक्तःfreed, released

पाप्मनाfrom sin (lit. by/with sin; in sense: from the sin)

किलindeed, it is said

राजन्O king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya (addressed as Rājan)

Indra

tīrtha (a sacred bathing place)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the gravest moral transgression is treated as leaving a real ethical stain (pāpman/brahmahatyā) that demands recognition and appropriate expiation; sacred discipline such as tīrtha-bathing is presented as a culturally sanctioned means of purification and moral restoration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana tells the king that Indra, after coming to know a certain matter, went to that renowned tīrtha, bathed there, and thereby became free from the taint of brahmahatyā—citing a traditional report (kila) to validate the tīrtha’s purificatory power.