Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

नार्हता विद्यते यस्मात्प्रायश्चित्तमतश्चर । इत्युक्त्वा विररामाथ सा तु वागशरीरिणी

Transliteration

nārhatā vidyate yasmātprāyaścittamataścara | ityuktvā virarāmātha sā tu vāgaśarīriṇī

Translation

เพราะหากไร้ปรายัศจิตตะแล้ว ความสมควรย่อมไม่เหลืออยู่; ฉะนั้นจงประกอบการชดใช้บาปเถิด ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว วาจาไร้กายก็ดับเงียบไป

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• arhatā: fitness/eligibility
• arhatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arhatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'अर्हता' = योग्यता/समर्थता (fitness)

• vidyate: exists
• vidyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; अस्त्यर्थे

• yasmāt: because/since
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of which/since)

• prāyaścittam: expiation
• prāyaścittam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (object)

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Phala-link (Therefore/फल-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore)

• cara: perform/practise
• cara: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-marker (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• virarāma: ceased, fell silent
• virarāma: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/लुङ्-रूप (Perfect-like narrative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'ceased/stopped'

• atha: then
• atha: Sequence (Anantara/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• sā: she/that (voice)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (Avadhāraṇa/विरोध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक (but/indeed)

• vāk: voice/speech
• vāk: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• aśarīriṇī: bodiless
• aśarīriṇī: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-śarīrinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग; विशेषण (bodiless)

Speaker

Vāg-aśarīriṇī (a bodiless celestial voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharmasuta king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The bodiless voice fades; the air becomes still; the king remains alone with the weight of instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Vāg-aśarīriṇī
• Dharmasuta (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual and social eligibility is restored through sincere atonement; ignoring prāyaścitta blocks dharmic progress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra remains the overarching sacred frame, though this verse focuses on instruction rather than describing the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The command is to perform prāyaścitta; details are deferred to subsequent guidance.