Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

भीताः प्रदुद्रुवुः सर्वे तेऽमी पातकनायकाः । यमं विज्ञापयामासुः सहान्यैरुपपातकैः

Transliteration

bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve te'mī pātakanāyakāḥ | yamaṃ vijñāpayāmāsuḥ sahānyairupapātakaiḥ

Translation

ଭୟଭୀତ ହୋଇ ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ପାତକ-ନାୟକ ପଳାଇଗଲେ ଏବଂ ଅନ୍ୟ ଉପପାତକମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ଯମଙ୍କୁ ଯାଇ ସୂଚନା ଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• भीताः: frightened
• भीताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भी (धातु) → भीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (ते इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• प्रदुद्रुवुः: they ran away/fled
• प्रदुद्रुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ते: those/they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अमी: those (over there)
• अमी: Apposition (Co-referent/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (remote demonstrative)

• पातकनायकाः: leaders of sins
• पातकनायकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक-नायक (प्रातिपदिक; पातक + नायक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• यमम्: Yama
• यमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विज्ञापयामासुः: they informed/reported
• विज्ञापयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; causative sense ‘to inform’

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Comitative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारार्थक-अव्यय (with)

• अन्यैः: other
• अन्यैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (उपपातकैः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• उपपातकैः: with minor sins (personified)/subsidiary offenders
• उपपातकैः: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप-पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The pātaka-nāyakas and upapātakas scatter in panic, rushing through smoky corridors to Yama, gesturing toward a distant glow from earth where Rudra-chant rises; Yama listens, stern yet concerned.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Pātakanāyaka
• Upapātaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text dramatizes the supremacy of sacred Rudra-recitation over sin and its consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the emphasis is on the spiritual potency of Rudra practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, Rudra-japa/Rudrādhyāya, whose influence causes sin-forces to retreat.