Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तत्र सर्वं शिवक्षेत्राच्छरपातं समन्ततः । न संचरेद्भयोद्विग्ना ब्रह्महत्या नराधिप

Transliteration

tatra sarvaṃ śivakṣetrāccharapātaṃ samantataḥ | na saṃcaredbhayodvignā brahmahatyā narādhipa

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ณ ที่นั้น รอบเขตศิวเกษตรทุกทิศ ในระยะเท่าการพุ่งไปของลูกศร บาปพรหมหัตยาอันหวาดกลัวก็ไม่กล้าย่างกรายไปมา

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place: there)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• शिवक्षेत्रात्: from Śiva’s sacred area
• शिवक्षेत्रात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य क्षेत्रम्)

• शरपातम्: a shower of arrows
• शरपातम्: Karta (Predicate-noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः (शराणां पातः)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: परितः-अर्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: on all sides)

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

• संचरेत्: should move about
• संचरेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• भयोद्विग्ना: agitated by fear
• भयोद्विग्ना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय + उद्विग्न (प्रातिपदिक; उद्विग्न = कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from उद्-√विज्/विज् ‘to be agitated’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः (भयेन उद्विग्ना)

• ब्रह्महत्या: the sin of brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः हत्या)

• नराधिप: O king
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-kṣetra on Revā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (narādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred precinct around a Śiva shrine by the river; a dark, personified Brahmahatyā figure recoils at the boundary marked by an ‘arrow-shot’ circle, while pilgrims enter fearlessly.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivakṣetra
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated Śiva-kṣetra is portrayed as so spiritually potent that even grave sin cannot remain within its protective sacred radius.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śivakṣetra connected with the Māṇḍavya-tīrtha narrative in Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse describes the protective sanctity (kṣetra-māhātmya) of the Śiva precinct.