Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वंगनागमः । महान्ति पातकान्याहुर्नश्यंति तस्य दर्शनात्

Transliteration

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ | mahānti pātakānyāhurnaśyaṃti tasya darśanāt

Translation

การฆ่าพราหมณ์ การดื่มสุรา การลักขโมย และการล่วงละเมิดภรรยาของครูบาอาจารย์—ล้วนถูกกล่าวว่าเป็นมหาบาป; แต่ก็พินาศได้ด้วยเพียงการได้เฝ้าดู (ทัรศนะ) พระผู้ศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น ณ ปรภาส

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्या: Brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः हत्या)

• सुरापानम्: drinking liquor
• सुरापानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा + पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुरायाः पानम्)

• स्तेयम्: theft
• स्तेयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गुर्वङ्गनागमः: approaching the teacher’s wife (adultery)
• गुर्वङ्गनागमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + अङ्गना + आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गुरोः अङ्गनायाः आगमः = गमनम्)

• महान्ति: great
• महान्ति: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पातकानि)

• पातकानि: sins
• पातकानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• आहुः: they say/call
• आहुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नश्यन्ति: perish
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of it/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्शनात्: from seeing (it)
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative context of Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Lord (Ugraseneśvara context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: the four mahāpātakas are symbolically shown as dark burdens dissolving into light as a pilgrim receives darśana of the Prabhāsa Lord; priests chant while the sanctum radiates cleansing brilliance.

Characters & Entities

• Akṣamāleśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and sincere darśana of the Prabhāsa deity are celebrated as powerful means of purification, even for grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the darśana of Akṣamāleśvara (as continued in the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No separate rite is prescribed here; the stated practice is darśana—reverent viewing of the deity at the tīrtha.