Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

गतानि पञ्च वै दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्महत्याशतानि वै । ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो दृष्ट्वा तान्बालकान् गुरुः

Transliteration

gatāni pañca vai dṛṣṭvā brahmahatyāśatāni vai | tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo dṛṣṭvā tānbālakān guruḥ

Translation

ครั้นเห็นบาปพรหมหัตยาอันมีห้าร้อยประการได้สลายไปแล้ว อาจารย์เมื่อทอดพระเนตรเด็กเหล่านั้นก็ถูกความพิศวงครอบงำ

Word by Word

• गतानि: gone, departed
• गतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतम् (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणरूपेण

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; नपुंसक/सर्वलिङ्गप्रयोग, बहुवचनार्थे विशेषण

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त; √दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• ब्रह्महत्याशतानि: hundreds of brahma-slayings (sins)
• ब्रह्महत्याशतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + शत (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्यायाः शतानि)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विस्मयाविष्टः: overcome with astonishment
• विस्मयाविष्टः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मय + आविष्ट (कृदन्त; √विश् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; तृतीया/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (विस्मयेन आविष्टः)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त; √दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• बालकान्: boys, children
• बालकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• गुरुः: the teacher
• गुरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered guru beholds a group of boys; around them, dark, smoky personifications of brahmahatyā (sin-forms) dissolve and drift away, replaced by a clear, luminous aura; the guru’s face shows astonishment and dawning reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā
• Guru
• Bālakāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha empowered by Śiva is portrayed as capable of removing even immense accumulated sin, inspiring faith and awe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The purification is linked to the Bhārabhūteśvara/Bhārabhūta site within the Revā-khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit instruction; the verse testifies to the fruit (phala) of the sacred place’s grace.