Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

सर्वोपपातकैर्युक्तैर्ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकैः । नायोध्या शक्यते यस्मात्तामयोध्यां ततो विदुः

Transliteration

sarvopapātakairyuktairbrahmahatyādipātakaiḥ | nāyodhyā śakyate yasmāttāmayodhyāṃ tato viduḥ

Translation

ਸਾਰੇ ਉਪਪਾਤਕ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਰੇ ਹੋਏ, ਬ੍ਰਹਮਹਤਿਆ ਆਦਿ ਮਹਾਪਾਤਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਬੋਝ ਵਾਲੇ ਵੀ ਅਯੋਧਿਆ ਨੂੰ ਜਿੱਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਦੇ; ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਹ ‘ਅਯੋਧਿਆ’—ਅਜਿੱਤ—ਕਹੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• सर्व-उपपातकैः: with all minor sins
• सर्व-उपपातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उपपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (उपपातकः), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः ‘सर्वाणि उपपातकानि’

• युक्तैः: associated, joined
• युक्तैः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (endowed/associated)

• ब्रह्महत्या-आदि-पातकैः: with sins such as brahma-murder
• ब्रह्महत्या-आदि-पातकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (पातकः), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘ब्रह्महत्यादयः पातकाः’

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अयोध्या: Ayodhyā
• अयोध्या: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शक्यते: is possible (to be)
• शक्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• यस्मात्: because, from which reason
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ताम्: that (her)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अयोध्याम्: Ayodhyā
• अयोध्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Discourse adverb (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) कारण/अनन्तरार्थे (therefore/then)

• विदुः: they know, they call
• विदुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija / Brāhmaṇa (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim weighed down by symbolic chains of sins approaches Ayodhyā’s luminous boundary; the city stands radiant and unassailable, with Viṣṇu’s protective aura repelling darkness.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā
• brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely sacred kṣetra stands inviolable; its holiness is not diminished even when approached by those stained with grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, praised as ‘Ayodhyā’—the place that cannot be overcome or assailed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse asserts the kṣetra’s inviolable sanctity in relation to sin.