Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

अपि पापात्मनः पुंसो ब्रह्मघ्नस्यापि देहिनः । अपि रौरवसंस्थस्य कुम्भीपाकगतस्य च

Transliteration

api pāpātmanaḥ puṃso brahmaghnasyāpi dehinaḥ | api rauravasaṃsthasya kumbhīpākagatasya ca

Translation

Bahkan bagi orang yang berdosa—bahkan bagi insan berjasad yang telah membunuh seorang brāhmaṇa—bahkan bagi yang menetap di neraka Raurava, atau yang terjatuh ke Kumbhīpāka—demikianlah.

Word by Word

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘even/also’

• पापात्मनः: of a sinful-souled (person)
• पापात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘पापः आत्मा यस्य’ (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रचलित)

• पुंसः: of a man/person
• पुंसः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मघ्नस्य: of a slayer of a brāhmaṇa
• ब्रह्मघ्नस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मघ्न (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + घ्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘ब्रह्मणः घ्नः’

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• देहिनः: of an embodied being
• देहिनः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• रौरवसंस्थस्य: of one situated in Raurava (hell)
• रौरवसंस्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौरव-संस्थ (प्रातिपदिक; रौरव + संस्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सप्तमी/तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘रौरवे संस्थः’ (in the Raurava hell)

• कुम्भीपाकगतस्य: of one gone to Kumbhīpāka (hell)
• कुम्भीपाकगतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुम्भीपाक-गत (प्रातिपदिक; कुम्भीपाक + गत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सप्तमी/तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘कुम्भीपाके गतः’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayāśiras

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: नरक-लोक के भयावह दृश्य (रौरव, कुम्भीपाक) के ऊपर तीर्थ-श्राद्ध का प्रकाश; पितृ/जीव बन्धन से मुक्त होते दिखते हैं—अद्भुत उद्धार।

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Raurava
• Kumbhīpāka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate dharma extends even to those in extreme suffering; meritorious rites can aid beings in grievous conditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The continuing context is Gayāśiras, where śrāddha is said to benefit even such beings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha offered for the departed, whose efficacy is emphasized even for those in hellish realms.