Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

त्वत्संभाषणमात्रेण ब्रह्महत्यायुतं भ वेत् । अतोऽस्मदाश्रमेभ्यस्त्वं निर्गच्छ पुरुषाधम

Transliteration

tvatsaṃbhāṣaṇamātreṇa brahmahatyāyutaṃ bha vet | ato'smadāśramebhyastvaṃ nirgaccha puruṣādhama

Translation

เพียงได้สนทนากับเจ้า ก็จักก่อบาปพรหมหัตยานับมากขึ้นมา ดังนั้น โอ้บุรุษผู้ต่ำช้า จงออกไปจากอาศรมของเราทันที

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (genitival relation) हेतु-पूर्वपद; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (pronoun stem)

• संभाषण: conversation, speaking
• संभाषण: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्+भाष् (धातु) → संभाषण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg); क्रिया-भाववाचक (verbal action noun)

• मात्रेण: by mere (measure/only)
• मात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (instrumental sg)

• ब्रह्महत्या: Brahmin-slaying (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्या: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brahmaṇaḥ hatyā)

• अयुतम्: ten-thousand (in number)
• अयुतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg); संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

• भवेत्: would be / may become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ-निपात/अव्यय (therefore)

• अस्मद्: our
• अस्मद्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (genitival) हेतु-पूर्वपद; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• आश्रमेभ्यः: from the hermitages
• आश्रमेभ्यः: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी बहुवचन (ablative pl)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचन (nominative sg); मध्यमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम

• निर्गच्छ: go out, depart
• निर्गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्+गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (2nd sg)

• पुरुषाधम: O worst of men
• पुरुषाधम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन (vocative sg); समासः कर्मधारय (adhamaḥ puruṣaḥ)

Speaker

Sages (munayaḥ/dvijāḥ) of the āśrama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of austere sages at a forest hermitage, hands raised in prohibition, expelling Aśvatthāman; the offender stands tense and defiant yet inwardly shaken, with the hermitage fire and deer in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā (sin of brahma-slaughter)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Severe sins (mahāpātakas) are treated as spiritually contagious; dharma requires restraint and purification before seeking holy company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāmeśvara sacred geography), though this line itself focuses on ethical exclusion rather than praising a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it establishes the need for expiation before association with sages.