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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । बुध्यमानो द्विजो यस्तु मद्यपानं समाचरेत् । तावन्मात्रं हिरण्यं च तप्तं पीत्वा विशुध्यति

Transliteration

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | budhyamāno dvijo yastu madyapānaṃ samācaret | tāvanmātraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca taptaṃ pītvā viśudhyati

Translation

Para brāhmaṇa berkata: “Jika seorang yang dua kali lahir, dengan sedar sepenuhnya, melakukan perbuatan meminum arak, maka ia menjadi suci dengan meminum emas cair yang dipanaskan, dalam sukatan yang sama.”

Word by Word
ब्राह्मणाःthe Brahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative) बहुवचन; वक्तारः
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; parasmaipada
बुध्यमानःknowing/aware
बुध्यमानः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootबुध् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present participle, Ātmanepada), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषणम् (द्विजः) “being aware/knowing”
द्विजःa twice-born (Brahmin)
द्विजः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्ता (समाचरेत्)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रोनाउन (relative)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; emphatic/contrast particle
मद्यपानम्drinking liquor
मद्यपानम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमद्य + पान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्म (समाचरेत्) । समासः: मद्यस्य पानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
समाचरेत्should do/practice
समाचरेत्:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada; “should practice/commit”
तावन्मात्रम्only that much
तावन्मात्रम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतावत् + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हिरण्यम्) । समासः: तावत् एव मात्रम् (परिमाण-विशेषण)
हिरण्यम्gold (molten)
हिरण्यम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootहिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्म (पीत्वा—लक्षणया ‘स्वर्णं द्रवम्’)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; conjunction “and”
तप्तम्heated/molten
तप्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतप् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हिरण्यम्) “heated/molten”
पीत्वाhaving drunk
पीत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) “having drunk”
विशुध्यतिis purified
विशुध्यति:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + शुध् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ātmanepada/parasmaipada usage varies; here: “becomes purified”
Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The penitent dvija (Parāvasu in subsequent verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of brāhmaṇas pronounces a severe expiation: molten gold measured to the offense; the scene is symbolic, emphasizing gravity rather than literal gore.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇas
D
Dvija

FAQs

Knowingly violating dharma is treated as a grave fault, and purification is framed as difficult and stringent to deter wrongdoing.

This verse is within the Tīrthamāhātmya stream of Nāgara Khaṇḍa, but no particular tīrtha is named in this shloka itself.

A severe prāyaścitta is stated: drinking molten gold equal to the quantity of liquor consumed (as a textual expiation).

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