Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तदंगस्पर्शनादेव सद्यो विध्वस्तकिल्बिषः । स ब्रह्मराक्षसो घोरो विषण्णः स्मृतिमाययौ

Transliteration

tadaṃgasparśanādeva sadyo vidhvastakilbiṣaḥ | sa brahmarākṣaso ghoro viṣaṇṇaḥ smṛtimāyayau

Translation

เพียงถูกกายของท่านสัมผัสเท่านั้น บาปทั้งปวงของพรหมรากษสอันน่ากลัวก็พินาศในทันที มันสงบลง เศร้าสลด และได้สติความทรงจำคืนมา

Word by Word

• तदङ्गस्पर्शनात्: from the touch of his body
• तदङ्गस्पर्शनात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (तस्य अङ्गस्य स्पर्शनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान), एकवचनम्

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)

• विध्वस्तकिल्बिषः: whose sin was destroyed
• विध्वस्तकिल्बिषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ध्वंस् (धातु) → विध्वस्त (कृदन्त) + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (विध्वस्तं किल्बिषं यस्य), भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ब्रह्मराक्षसः: the Brahma-rākṣasa
• ब्रह्मराक्षसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः, पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• घोरः: terrible
• घोरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• विषण्णः: dejected
• विषण्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक; √सद्/√षद्? as past participial adjective)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• स्मृतिम्: memory
• स्मृतिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• आययौ: came/returned
• आययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in this excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the moment of touch, a subtle radiance passes from the yogin; the Brahmarākṣasa’s ferocity collapses into sorrow and humility, eyes softening as memory returns.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmarākṣasa
• Śiva-yogin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is transformative: even a sinner is purified instantly through contact with a realized devotee of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies saintly contact rather than a named tīrtha in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the implied practice is seeking satsanga (company of the holy).