Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्या विनश्येत तत्क्षणान्नास्ति संशयः । सुरापानादयोऽप्यस्य शांतिं गच्छेयुरंजसा

Transliteration

brahmahatyā vinaśyeta tatkṣaṇānnāsti saṃśayaḥ | surāpānādayo'pyasya śāṃtiṃ gaccheyuraṃjasā

Translation

ในขณะนั้นเอง บาปพรหมหัตยา ย่อมสิ้นไป—ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย แม้บาปอย่างการดื่มสุราเป็นต้น ก็สงบระงับแก่ผู้นั้นโดยฉับพลัน

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्या: the sin of brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मन् + हत्या (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• विनश्येत: would perish / be destroyed
• विनश्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत् + क्षण (कर्मधारयः)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुरापानादयः: (sins) such as drinking liquor, etc.
• सुरापानादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरापान + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—सुरापान + आदि (तत्पुरुषः)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (also/even)

• अस्य: of this (person)
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शान्तिम्: peace/appeasement
• शान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गच्छेयुः: would attain/go to
• गच्छेयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अञ्जसा: easily/straightaway
• अञ्जसा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अञ्जसा (अव्यय/निपात-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (Dhanuskoṭi/Setu region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at the Setu shore performs immersion while sages affirm that even brahmahatyā and surāpāna are pacified instantly; the sea glows with tīrtha-lustre and distant sandspit/bridge-line is visible.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā
• Surāpāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text proclaims the extraordinary purifying power of the tīrtha, emphasizing divine grace and the efficacy of prāyaścitta.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within this adhyāya’s flow, the praised tīrtha is Dhanuskoṭi in the Setukhaṇḍa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-prāyaścitta through bathing/immersion leading to immediate pacification of grave sins.