Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्योद्भवं चैव अपि तस्य प्रणश्यति । परचक्रभये जाते ह्यना वृष्टिभये तथा

Transliteration

brahmahatyodbhavaṃ caiva api tasya praṇaśyati | paracakrabhaye jāte hyanā vṛṣṭibhaye tathā

Translation

Даже скверна, рожденная грехом убийства брахмана, уничтожается для него. И когда возникает страх перед вражеским войском или страх засухи, это деяние приносит облегчение.

Word by Word

• brahmahatyā-udbhavam: arising from brahma-hatyā (Brahmin-slaying)
• brahmahatyā-udbhavam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmahatyā (ब्रह्महत्या) + udbhava (उद्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्यायाः उद्भवः)

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अपि)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (particle)

• tasya: of him/of that person
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• praṇaśyati: perishes, is destroyed
• praṇaśyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√naś (प्र-नश् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• para-cakra-bhaye: in fear of an enemy army
• para-cakra-bhaye: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (पर) + cakra (चक्र) + bhaya (भय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (परचक्रस्य भयम्)

• jāte: when it has arisen
• jāte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (हि)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle)

• anā-vṛṣṭi-bhaye: in fear of drought
• anā-vṛṣṭi-bhaye: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anā-vṛṣṭi (अनावृष्टि) + bhaya (भय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अनावृष्टेः भयम्)

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतार्थक (adverb)

Speaker

Pippalāda (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-part tableau: (1) a devotee purified as a dark stain labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolves in the liṅga’s radiance; (2) the kṣetra protected—enemy soldiers halted at a luminous boundary while rainclouds gather and pour over fields after temple rites.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā (sin)
• Para-cakra (enemy force)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The deity and tīrtha are portrayed as powerful protectors—removing grave sin and averting collective calamities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Kaṃsāreśvara as the locus of sin-removal and protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continues the prior context of worship/japa before the deity as the means for removing doṣa and fear.