Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वंगनागमः । एवंविधानि पापानि कृत्वा चैव गुरूण्यपि

Transliteration

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ | evaṃvidhāni pāpāni kṛtvā caiva gurūṇyapi

Translation

“(Walaupun) melakukan brahmahatyā (membunuh brāhmaṇa), meminum arak, mencuri, dan mencemari isteri guru—setelah melakukan dosa-dosa seperti ini, bahkan yang paling berat sekalipun…”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्या: killing of a Brahmin (brahma-slaughter)
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + हत्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (ब्रह्मणः हत्या)

• सुरापानम्: drinking liquor
• सुरापानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरापान (प्रातिपदिक; सुरा + पान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सुरायाः पानम्)

• स्तेयम्: theft
• स्तेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• गुरु-अङ्गना-आगमः: approaching/consorting with the teacher’s wife
• गुरु-अङ्गना-आगमः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक) + आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (गुरोः अङ्गनायाः आगमः = गमन/समागमः)

• एवंविधानि: of such kinds
• एवंविधानि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध (प्रातिपदिक; एवम् + विध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (एवं विधानि)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having done’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• गुरूणि: grave (serious)
• गुरूणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; ‘गुरूणि’ = heavy/grave (sins)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

Speaker

Prahlāda (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Daityendra (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: four symbolic scenes representing the listed sins—violence against a brāhmaṇa, intoxication, theft, and illicit approach to the guru’s wife—shown in shadowy tones, contrasted with a bright distant vision of Gomati waters and Kṛṣṇa’s shrine as the path of return.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Pāpa (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the severity of certain mahāpāpas to underscore the extraordinary purifying power later attributed to Dvārakā’s rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Dvārakā (continued context), as the place whose merit is contrasted against even the gravest sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite here; it enumerates grave sins as the premise for describing purification in subsequent verses.