Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एनं प्रहर्तुमायाता ब्रह्महत्या विवर्तते । भूयाद्यथा मे पुत्रोऽयं महापातकमोचितः

Transliteration

enaṃ prahartumāyātā brahmahatyā vivartate | bhūyādyathā me putro'yaṃ mahāpātakamocitaḥ

Translation

“พรหมหัตยาได้มุ่งมาทำร้ายเขาและกำลังคืบคลานเข้ามา ขอให้บุตรของข้าผู้นี้พ้นจากมหาบาปทั้งปวงเถิด”

Word by Word

• एनम्: this one/him
• एनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative), एकवचन (sing.)

• प्रहर्तुम्: to strike/kill
• प्रहर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + हृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव; अर्थ: हन्तुम्/प्रहर्तुम् (to strike/kill)

• आयाता: having come/arrived
• आयाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• ब्रह्महत्या: the sin/personification of Brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• विवर्तते: turns back/withdraws
• विवर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (sing.), आत्मनेपद

• भूयात्: may (he) become/be
• भूयात्: Kriya (Wish/आशीः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (sing.)

• यथा: so that/as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/so that)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case, genitive), एकवचन (sing.)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

• महापातक: great sin
• महापातक: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (पूर्वपद) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (sing.); कर्मधारय: महत् पातकम्

• मोचितः: freed/released
• मोचितः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (sing.)

Speaker

Yajñadeva (petitioning Durvāsā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark, terrifying personification of Brahmahatyā advances toward the unseen son; the father pleads before Durvāsā for release from mahāpātaka; the sage stands as a barrier of ascetic fire and compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā
• Durvāsā
• Yajñadeva
• mahāpātaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when consequences of grave sins approach, sincere supplication and seeking a saint’s aid signals the turn toward expiation and redemption.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha is the narrative environment in Setu-khaṇḍa, associated with purification and release from severe sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not specified in this verse; it expresses the intent and prayer for mahāpātaka-mocana (release from great sins).