Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पापं वा यदि वा पुण्यं सर्वं कोटि गुणं भवेत् । तस्माद्दैत्यैर्न धर्षितं कदाचिदपि भोः सुराः

Transliteration

pāpaṃ vā yadi vā puṇyaṃ sarvaṃ koṭi guṇaṃ bhavet | tasmāddaityairna dharṣitaṃ kadācidapi bhoḥ surāḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ไม่ว่าบาปหรือบุญ ล้วนทวีคูณถึงโกฏิเท่า ดังนั้น โอ้เหล่าเทวะ พวกทานวะจึงไม่เคยล่วงละเมิดให้มัวหมองได้เลยแม้กาลใด

Word by Word

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• पुण्यम्: merit/virtue
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पाप/पुण्ययोः)

• कोटि: a crore
• कोटि: Visheshana (Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग (numeral measure), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गुणम्’ इत्यस्य परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणार्थे

• गुणम्: fold/times
• गुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (times/fold)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• दैत्यैः: by the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्यैः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)/कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• धर्षितम्: was attacked/overpowered
• धर्षितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृष् (धातु) → धर्षित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थे ‘was assaulted/overpowered’

• कदाचित्: ever/at any time
• कदाचित्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारण-निपात (also/even)

• भोः: O!
• भोः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (addressing the gods)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas (addressed as ‘भोः सुराः’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sanctified forest surrounded by an invisible protective boundary; Dānavas recoil at its edge, while the aura of karmic law shines—bright for merit, fierce for sin.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Daityas
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma—good or bad—intensifies in a highly charged sacred field; hence one should act with heightened ethical care at a tirtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, described as a place where all karmic results become multiplied.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit prescription: avoid sinful acts in Dharmāraṇya, since their results too become greatly magnified.