Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

मित्रध्रुग्ब्रह्महा गोघ्नः परदारापहारकः । मातृहा पितृहा चैव ब्रह्मस्वापहरस्तथा

Transliteration

mitradhrugbrahmahā goghnaḥ paradārāpahārakaḥ | mātṛhā pitṛhā caiva brahmasvāpaharastathā

Translation

ผู้ทรยศมิตร ผู้ฆ่าพราหมณ์ ผู้ฆ่าวัว ผู้ลักพาภรรยาผู้อื่น; ผู้ฆ่ามารดา ผู้ฆ่าบิดา และผู้ลักทรัพย์ของพราหมณ์—

Word by Word

• मित्रध्रुक्: one who betrays a friend
• मित्रध्रुक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्रुह् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मित्रस्य ध्रुक्)

• ब्रह्महा: slayer of a Brahmin
• ब्रह्महा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + हन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः हन्ता)

• गोघ्नः: cow-killer
• गोघ्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + हन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गवां घ्नः)

• परदारापहारकः: abductor of another's wife
• परदारापहारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + दारा (प्रातिपदिक) + अप-हृ (धातु) + ण्वुल् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (परस्य दारान् अपहरति इति)

• मातृहा: mother-killer
• मातृहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + हन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मातुः हन्ता)

• पितृहा: father-killer
• पितृहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + हन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितुः हन्ता)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ब्रह्मस्वापहरः: stealer of Brahmin property
• ब्रह्मस्वापहरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अप-हृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मस्वस्य अपहरः)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb/particle: 'likewise')

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; list of mahāpātakas within the Dvārakā māhātmya argument)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark moral tableau: shadowy figures representing different grave sins stand burdened by heavy chains; in the distance, the luminous outline of Dvārakā’s temple suggests a path from guilt to purification.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text underscores the gravity of major sins (mahāpātakas) to highlight the extraordinary power of sacred purification taught next.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Dvārakā (the surrounding verses connect these sins to purification through Kṛṣṇa’s darśana there).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse enumerates grave transgressions as a doctrinal setup.