Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

यो गां स्पृशति पादेन ब्राह्मणं पावकं तथा । तेन पापेन लिप्यामि यद्यहं नागमे पुनः

Transliteration

yo gāṃ spṛśati pādena brāhmaṇaṃ pāvakaṃ tathā | tena pāpena lipyāmi yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ

Translation

“หากข้าพเจ้าไม่กลับมาอีก ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าถูกมัวหมองด้วยบาปของผู้ที่ใช้เท้าแตะต้องวัว—และเช่นเดียวกันแตะต้องพราหมณ์และไฟ”

Word by Word

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• गाम्: a cow
• गाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• स्पृशति: touches
• स्पृशति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पादेन: with the foot
• पादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणम्: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पावकम्: fire
• पावकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारबोधक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• पापेन: by sin
• पापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• लिप्यामि: I become tainted
• लिप्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• आगमे: I came / I return
• आगमे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिबोधक-अव्यय

Speaker

Kapilā (Cow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kapilā warns against the sin of touching with the foot: a cow, a brāhmaṇa, and sacred fire; the scene can show these three sanctities arranged as symbols—cow near a courtyard, brāhmaṇa near scriptures, agni in a kuṇḍa—while Kapilā gestures in caution.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā (cow)
• Gauḥ (cow)
• Brāhmaṇa
• Pāvaka (fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence toward sacred supports of dharma (cow, brāhmaṇa, fire) is emphasized; the vow binds truth to purity and respect.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it belongs to the Arbuda narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, it upholds purity etiquette (not disrespecting cow, brāhmaṇa, agni), but no explicit rite is prescribed.