Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नवसरे तत्र राममाहाशरीरवाक् । निःशेषं राम नष्टा ते ब्रह्महत्याधुना त्विह

Transliteration

tasminnavasare tatra rāmamāhāśarīravāk | niḥśeṣaṃ rāma naṣṭā te brahmahatyādhunā tviha

Translation

ในกาลนั้นเอง ณ ที่นั้น มีวาจาไร้กายกล่าวแก่พระรามว่า: “โอ้พระราม บัดนี้ ณ ที่นี้ บาปพราหมณ์หัตยา ของท่านได้ถูกทำลายสิ้นแล้ว”

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; ‘अवसरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अवसरे: at the occasion, at that time
• अवसरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• रामम्: Rāma (as object)
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह् (धातु: ‘ब्रू/वच्’ अर्थे)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अशरीरवाक्: a disembodied voice
• अशरीरवाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + शरीर + वाक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (शरीरं नास्ति यस्याः सा वाक्) — ‘disembodied voice’

• निःशेषम्: completely
• निःशेषम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निःशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8), एकवचन

• नष्टा: is destroyed, removed
• नष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्महत्या’ इत्यस्य विधेय

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (possessive)

• ब्रह्महत्या: the sin of brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrast)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Aśarīra-vāk (bodiless divine voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the quiet riverbank, the hero stands still as an unseen voice descends; the air shimmers; attendants look upward; the water and trees pause in reverent stillness; the moment is marked by invisible divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Aśarīra-vāk
• brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s power is affirmed by divine testimony: sincere rites culminate in assured purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context is Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha within the Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu sacred circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse declares the fruit (phala) of the rites just performed—complete removal of brahmahatyā.