Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर्लिप्यते न च स क्वचित् । अज्ञानामपि जंतूनां महाऽमेध्ये तु गच्छताम्

Transliteration

brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairlipyate na ca sa kvacit | ajñānāmapi jaṃtūnāṃ mahā'medhye tu gacchatām

Translation

เขาย่อมไม่ถูกแปดเปื้อน ณ ที่ใดเลยด้วยบาปอย่างพราหมณ์ฆาตและอื่น ๆ แม้สรรพสัตว์ผู้เขลา เมื่อไปสู่ตีรถะผู้ชำระยิ่งใหญ่นี้ ก็ย่อมได้รับความบริสุทธิ์

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः: by (sins) such as brahmahatyā
• ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (ब्रह्महत्या), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रह्महत्या-आदि’ इति समाहार/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः

• पापैः: by sins
• पापैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• लिप्यते: is tainted
• लिप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्वचित्: anywhere/ever
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Adverbial location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (adverb: ‘anywhere/ever’)

• अज्ञानाम्: of the ignorant (ones)
• अज्ञानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (particle: ‘even/also’)

• जन्तूनाम्: of creatures
• जन्तूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• महामेध्ये: in great impurity
• महामेध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + अमेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘महच्च तत् अमेध्यम्’ इति कर्मधारय

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषण (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• गच्छताम्: of those who go
• गच्छताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle) ‘गच्छत्’; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘गच्छताम्’ = of those going

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (as mahā-śuddhikara tīrtha-field)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diverse group—learned and ignorant, high and low—approaches the sacred forest-kṣetra; the tīrtha’s radiance is shown as washing away dark stains symbolizing mahāpātakas.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā (sin)
• Tīrtha (implied mahāmedhya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely purifying tīrtha can neutralize even the heaviest karmic stains; sanctity is accessible even to the ignorant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to a ‘mahāmedhya’ (great purifier) within the Dharmāraṇya tīrtha network; the exact named spot is not stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Going/arriving at the great purifying tīrtha is itself presented as the efficacious act (implying customary tīrtha observances).