Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

शत्रून्पराजय त्येष श्राद्धकर्ता निरन्तरम् । ब्रह्महत्यायुतं चापि तस्य नश्यति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

śatrūnparājaya tyeṣa śrāddhakartā nirantaram | brahmahatyāyutaṃ cāpi tasya naśyati tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

ผู้ใดประกอบพิธีศราทธะ (Śrāddha) อย่างสม่ำเสมอ ผู้นั้นย่อมมีชัยเหนือศัตรูแน่นอน; แม้บาปหนักดุจการฆ่าพราหมณ์นับหมื่น ก็พินาศสิ้นในขณะนั้นเอง

Word by Word

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पराजय: conquer/defeat
• पराजय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पराजि (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एषः: this (person)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्राद्धकर्ता: performer of śrāddha
• श्राद्धकर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्राद्धस्य कर्ता)

• निरन्तरम्: continuously
• निरन्तरम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — Indeclinable adverb

• ब्रह्महत्या: brahmin-slaying (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta/Karma (Contextual/प्रसङ्गानुसार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nom./Acc. Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः हत्या)

• अयुतम्: ten-thousandfold
• अयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. Singular; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक) — Conjunction

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/अपि-शब्दः) — Particle

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun; Genitive, Singular

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Present, 3rd person, Singular

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय (कालवाचक) — Indeclinable temporal adverb (‘at that very moment’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa instructional tone; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at the seashore tīrtha offers piṇḍa and water-libations to the Pitṛs; behind him, a protective aura subdues hostile figures, while a dark burden of sin dissolves instantly.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular Śrāddha, done with faith, is praised as a powerful purifier that removes even extremely heavy sin and grants worldly protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region (Setukhaṇḍa), traditionally associated with Setu/Rāmeśvaram and its pitṛ-oriented rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous performance of Śrāddha (ancestral offering rite).