Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

परदारादिकं पापं दैत्यानां तु विकृंतने । वधे वृत्रस्य संजातं तत्सर्वं क्षालयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

paradārādikaṃ pāpaṃ daityānāṃ tu vikṛṃtane | vadhe vṛtrasya saṃjātaṃ tatsarvaṃ kṣālayāmyaham

Translation

บาปอันเริ่มด้วยการล่วงละเมิดภรรยาผู้อื่น ทั้งบาปที่เกิดเมื่อฟันเหล่าไทตยะ และบาปที่เกิดจากการสังหารวฤตระ—เราจักชำระล้างทั้งหมดนั้นให้หมดสิ้น

Word by Word

• परदारादिकम्: such as adultery etc.
• परदारादिकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परदारादिक (प्रातिपदिक; पर-दार + आदि + क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (such as another’s wife etc.)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दैत्यानाम्: of the demons (Daityas)
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• विकृन्तने: in the cutting down/slaying
• विकृन्तने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि + कृन्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्त भाववाचक (action noun); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वधे: in the killing
• वधे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वृत्रस्य: of Vṛtra
• वृत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संजातम्: arisen
• संजातम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘arisen/produced’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• क्षालयामि: I wash away/cleanse
• क्षालयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षल् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: cause to be washed away)

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

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine speaker (Sura-indra/Indra implied by context) declares the washing away of sins—sexual transgression and battle-born guilt—framed by a sacred mountain-tīrtha landscape, with attendants listening in solemnity.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Dāityas
• Vṛtra
• Bhava (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even mighty deeds can generate moral burden; purification is sought through dharmic means—tīrtha, devotion, and repentance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha Kṣetra (by implication), where Indra intends to remove sins through worship of Bhava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Atonement (prāyaścitta) through pilgrimage and Śiva worship, explicitly framed as ‘washing away’ accumulated sin.