Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मघ्ने च सुरापे च चौरे भग्नव्रते तथा । निष्कृतिर्विहिता सद्भिः कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः

Transliteration

brahmaghne ca surāpe ca caure bhagnavrate tathā | niṣkṛtirvihitā sadbhiḥ kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

Translation

Для убийцы брахмана, для пьющего хмельное, для вора и также для нарушившего обеты праведные установили искупления; но для неблагодарного нет искупления.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मघ्ने: for a brahmin-killer
• ब्रह्मघ्ने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (अर्थे) ‘in/for a brahmin-slayer’

• च: and
• च: Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• सुरापे: for a liquor-drinker
• सुरापे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in/for a drinker of liquor’

• च: and
• च: Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• चौरे: for a thief
• चौरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भग्नव्रते: for one who has broken vows
• भग्नव्रते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग्न (कृदन्त; √भञ्ज्) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (‘one whose vow is broken’)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Modifier (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• निष्कृतिः: expiation
• निष्कृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विहिता: prescribed, ordained
• विहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहित (कृदन्त; √धा (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); विशेषणम् (of निष्कृतिः)

• सद्भिः: by the good (people)
• सद्भिः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (कृदन्त; √अस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘by the good/wise’

• कृतघ्ने: for an ungrateful person
• कृतघ्ने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in/for an ungrateful person’

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

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निष्कृतिः: expiation
• निष्कृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextually a moral maxim within Īśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: sages seated in a tīrtha-forest near the sea, discussing sins and expiations; a moral contrast is shown—ritual fires and offerings on one side, a shadowy figure symbolizing ingratitude on the other, beyond the reach of purifying waters.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaghna
• Surāpa
• Caura
• Bhagnavrata
• Kṛtaghna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ingratitude is portrayed as a uniquely corrosive fault—more spiritually ruinous than even grave transgressions that otherwise admit expiation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a general dharma-statement embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative rather than direct tīrtha-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states that expiations exist for several major sins, but declares no niṣkṛti for kṛtaghna (ingratitude).