Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 147

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्योद्भवं पापं तस्य नश्यत्यसंशयम् । महापातकयुक्तो वा विपाप्मा संभविष्यति

Transliteration

brahmahatyodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ tasya naśyatyasaṃśayam | mahāpātakayukto vā vipāpmā saṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

“…บาปอันเกิดจากพรหมหัตยา (การฆ่าพราหมณ์) ย่อมสิ้นไปแก่ผู้นั้นโดยไม่ต้องสงสัย แม้ผู้ข้องอยู่ด้วยมหาบาป ก็จักเป็นผู้พ้นมลทินบาปได้”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्योद्भवम्: arising from brahma-hatya (killing a Brahmin)
• ब्रह्महत्योद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या-उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; समासः: ब्रह्महत्यायाः उद्भवम्

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम् (नश्यति इति क्रियायाः कर्ता)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्

• नश्यति: perishes; is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• महापातकयुक्तः: even if associated with a great sin
• महापातकयुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-पातक-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; युक्त = युज्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; समासः: महापातकेन युक्तः

• वा: or; even if
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (or/even if)

• विपाप्मा: sinless; free from sin
• विपाप्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (निर्दोषः)

• संभविष्यति: will become; will come to be
• संभविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Indra/Śakra (continuing the statement reported by the narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapālamocana

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim burdened by dark, smoky aura steps into sacred waters; as he emerges, the darkness dissipates; priests chant while a Śiva shrine glows in the background—visualizing pāpa-kṣaya.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmahatyā
• Kapālamocana (implied)
• Śakra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sanctified place and its Deity, approached with rite and devotion, are portrayed as powerful means of purification from grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapālamocana tīrtha, famed as a pāpa-nāśana (sin-destroying) place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The context indicates tīrtha-snāna and worship; the stated fruit is the destruction of brahmahatyā-born sin and other mahāpātakas.