Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मादीन्संहरेत्प्रांते तथापि च न पातकी । पुण्यलेशोपि नास्त्यस्मिन्ब्रह्ममौलिच्छिदिक्रुधा

Transliteration

brahmādīnsaṃharetprāṃte tathāpi ca na pātakī | puṇyaleśopi nāstyasminbrahmamaulicchidikrudhā

Translation

အဆုံး၌ ဗြဟ္မာနှင့် အခြားသတ္တဝါတို့ကိုပင် ပြန်လည်သိမ်းယူ (ဖျက်သိမ်း) လျှင်တောင် သူသည် အပြစ်ရှိသူ မဟုတ်။ သူ၌ ကုသိုလ်မကုသိုလ်၏ အစိတ်အပိုင်းတစ်စက်တောင် မရှိ—ဗြဟ္မာ၏ မကူဋကို ခွဲကွဲစေသော ဒေါသတော်ဖြင့် လုပ်ဆောင်တော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मादीन्: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मादयः (आदि-तत्पुरुष/समाहारार्थे)

• संहरेत्: should destroy/annihilate
• संहरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रान्ते: at the end
• प्रान्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तथापि: even so, nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संयोजक/विरोधार्थक (concessive)

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

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• पातकी: a sinner
• पातकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुण्यलेशः: a trace of merit
• पुण्यलेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुण्यस्य लेशः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक-निपात (even/also)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this (person/thing)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रसङ्गानुसार), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्ममौलिच्छिदिक्रुधा: by the anger that split Brahmā’s crown
• ब्रह्ममौलिच्छिदिक्रुधा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + मौलि + छिदि + क्रुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः मौलिः, तस्य छिदिः; तया क्रुधा)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: Śiva’s fierce, crown-splitting energy (symbolic) towering over Brahmā and other deities, while the sage-like stillness of transcendence pervades Kāśī’s sacred skyline.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme Lord is beyond the dualities of merit and sin; cosmic acts like dissolution are expressions of divine order, not moral fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the macro-context; the verse supplies Śaiva doctrinal grounding rather than a localized tīrtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a theological assertion about the Lord’s transcendence of karma.