Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापं मनोवाक्कायकर्मजम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति सकृच्चक्रांकदर्शनात्

Transliteration

brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ manovākkāyakarmajam | tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti sakṛccakrāṃkadarśanāt

Translation

บาปทั้งหลาย เช่น การฆ่าพราหมณ์ อันเกิดจากใจ วาจา และกาย—ทั้งหมดนั้นย่อมสลายไป เพียงได้เห็นรอยตราจักร (จักรางกะ) ครั้งเดียวเท่านั้น

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्यादिकम्: such as brahma-slaughter etc.
• ब्रह्महत्यादिकम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्या-आदि) + तद्धित -क (having the nature of etc.); विशेषणम् (qualifying पापम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मनोवाक्कायकर्मजम्: born of mind, speech, body, and actions
• मनोवाक्कायकर्मजम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक् (प्रातिपदिक) + काय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (मनसा-वाचा-कायेन-कर्मणा जातम्) बहुपद-समास; विशेषणम् (qualifying पापम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying तत्)

• विलयम्: dissolution, destruction
• विलयम्: Gati/Goal (Destination/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• याति: goes, comes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/परिमाण-अव्यय (adverb: once)

• चक्रांकदर्शनात्: from seeing the mark of the discus
• चक्रांकदर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्क (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (चक्रस्य अङ्कः; तस्य दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrāṅka / Cakratīrtha (emblem-centered sanctity within Dvārakā tradition)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim beholds a radiant Sudarśana-cakra emblem (cakrāṅka) on stone/flag/tilaka-mark; dark smoke-like sins dissolve into light as the emblem shines.

Characters & Entities

• Cakra (Cakra-aṅka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a sanctified divine emblem is praised as a powerful purifier, dissolving even grave karmic defilements when approached with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Cakra-emblem context of Dvārakā, especially connected with Cakratīrtha and the Cakra-marked stones.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing) of the Cakra-aṅka (Cakra mark), presented as efficacious even when done once.