Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तः पूज्यमानो दिवौकसैः । गोदानं तत्र दातव्यं ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । ब्रह्महत्यापनोदार्थं तत्र श्राद्धं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

brahmahatyāvinirmuktaḥ pūjyamāno divaukasaiḥ | godānaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe vedapārage | brahmahatyāpanodārthaṃ tatra śrāddhaṃ samācaret

Translation

เมื่อพ้นจากบาปพราหมณ์ฆาตแล้ว และได้รับการสักการะจากเหล่าเทวาในสวรรค์ พึงถวายโคทาน ณ ที่นั้นแก่พราหมณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญพระเวท และเพื่อขจัดบาปพราหมณ์ฆาต พึงประกอบศราทธะ ณ ที่นั้นโดยถูกต้องตามพิธี

Word by Word

• brahmahatyā-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from brahmin-slaughter (sin)
• brahmahatyā-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmahatyā + vi-nis-√muc + mukta (कृदन्त; समास)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; समास: ब्रह्महत्यायाः विनिर्मुक्तः (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष)

• pūjyamānaḥ: being worshipped
• pūjyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त; कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/यमान), कर्मणि प्रयोग, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Present passive participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• divaukasaiḥ: by the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• divaukasaiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divaukas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• go-dānam: gift of a cow
• go-dānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go + dāna (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; समास: गोः दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — Indeclinable adverb of place

• dātavyam: should be given
• dātavyam: Vidhi (Obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (विधेय/कर्तव्यता), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Gerundive/obligatory; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• brāhmaṇe: to/for a brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇe: Adhikarana (Recipient-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• veda-pārage: versed in the Vedas
• veda-pārage: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda + pāraga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; समास: वेदेषु पारगः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• brahmahatyā-panoda-artham: for the removal of brahmin-slaughter (sin)
• brahmahatyā-panoda-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: brahmahatyā + panoda + artha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (अर्थे), अव्यय — Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially: ‘for the purpose of …’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — Indeclinable adverb of place

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• samācaret: should perform
• samācaret: Kriya (Injunction/विधि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic instruction within Indreśvara-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of pilgrims/householders seeking prāyaścitta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent pilgrim, now purified, is honored by devas; he offers a cow in donation to a Veda-master brāhmaṇa and performs śrāddha rites at the sacred place to uproot brahmahatyā.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (Veda-pāraga)
• Divaukas (celestials)
• Go-dāna
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes that repentance is completed through dharmic action—charity to worthy recipients and prescribed rites done at a sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the setting of Indreśvara’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna (gift of a cow) to a Veda-learned Brāhmaṇa and performance of Śrāddha at that place for expiation.