Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

यत्पापं मद्यपानां च सुवर्णस्तेयिनां तथा । यत्पापं गुरुघातानां तत्पापं वा भवेन्मम

Transliteration

yatpāpaṃ madyapānāṃ ca suvarṇasteyināṃ tathā | yatpāpaṃ gurughātānāṃ tatpāpaṃ vā bhavenmama

Translation

“และหากข้าพเจ้าทำผิดไป ขอให้บาปของผู้ดื่มของมึนเมา บาปของผู้ลักทอง และบาปของผู้ฆ่าครูอาจารย์นั้นเอง ตกแก่ข้าพเจ้า”

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• मद्यपानाम्: of drinking liquor
• मद्यपानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madya-pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; षष्ठी बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मद्यस्य पानम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सुवर्णस्तेयिनाम्: of gold-thieves
• सुवर्णस्तेयिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa-steyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; षष्ठी बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सुवर्णं स्तेयम् यस्य/सुवर्णं स्तेयति इति)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थक (thus/likewise)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधक

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• गुरुघातानाम्: of slayers of a teacher
• गुरुघातानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru-ghāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः; षष्ठी बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गुरोः घातः)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• वा: or/indeed
• वा: Samuccaya/Option (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive/indeed)

• भवेत्: should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्

• मम: of me / mine
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

Speaker

The King (rājā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: the king speaks while three symbolic vignettes appear—broken wine vessel (surā), a stolen gold ornament (suvarṇa), and a fallen guru’s staff (guru-ghāta)—all shown as ominous warnings hovering like visions.

Characters & Entities

• Madyapāna (liquor-drinking)
• Suvarṇa-steya (gold theft)
• Guru-ghāta (slaying the teacher)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded by self-restraint and solemn vows; grave sins are invoked to deter betrayal of truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative remains within Dharmāraṇya; the emphasis is moral restoration rather than a new tīrtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as a dharmic oath using the language of major sins (mahāpāpa).