Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वंगनागमः । इत्येषामप्यघवतामिदमेव च निष्कृतिः

Transliteration

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ | ityeṣāmapyaghavatāmidameva ca niṣkṛtiḥ

Translation

พรหมหัตยา การดื่มสุรา การลักขโมย และการเข้าใกล้ภรรยาของครูบาอาจารย์—แม้สำหรับผู้ทำบาปเหล่านี้ ก็ประกาศว่ามีการชดใช้บาปเพียงสิ่งนี้เท่านั้น

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्या: brahmahatyā (Brahmin-slaying)
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (उद्देश्य/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• सुरापानम्: liquor-drinking
• सुरापानम्: Karta (उद्देश्य/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा + पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• स्तेयम्: theft
• स्तेयम्: Karta (उद्देश्य/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• गुर्वङ्गनागमः: approaching/violating the teacher’s wife
• गुर्वङ्गनागमः: Karta (उद्देश्य/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + अङ्गना + आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गुरोः अङ्गनायाः आगमः/गमनम्); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/इति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक-अव्यय (also/even)

• अघवताम्: of the sinful ones
• अघवताम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अघवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (एषाम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (विधेय-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic/only)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• निष्कृतिः: expiation
• निष्कृतिः: Karta (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator enumerates the four mahāpātakas; behind him, a symbolic path leads to a Śiva-liṅga in the Himalaya, indicating the ‘one expiation’ as focused refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā
• Guru (as a dharmic category)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gravest transgressions have a dharmic path of atonement—through prescribed niṣkṛti and sincere transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it states a general dharma principle within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It points to a specific (previously mentioned or subsequently explained) single expiation (niṣkṛti) for major sins, but does not detail it in this line alone.