Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानां पूजनान्नाशनं महत् । अथ तस्यैव देवस्य इतिहासं पुरातनम्

Transliteration

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ pūjanānnāśanaṃ mahat | atha tasyaiva devasya itihāsaṃ purātanam

Translation

Ang pagsamba ay nagdudulot ng dakilang pagkapawi ng mga kasalanan gaya ng brahmahatyā. Ngayon ay isasalaysay ang sinaunang kasaysayan ng mismong diyos na iyon.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्या: brahmin-slaying (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; समास: ब्रह्मणः हत्या (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• आदि: and other (etc.)
• आदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय, 'etc.' अर्थे (indeclinable meaning 'and the like')

• पापानाम्: of sins
• पापानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• पूजनात्: from worship; by worship
• पूजनात्: Apadana/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• नाशनम्: destruction
• नाशनम्: Karta/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying नाशनम्)

• अथ: then/now
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भबोधक (then/now)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/only)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• इतिहासम्: story/history
• इतिहासम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पुरातनम्: ancient
• पुरातनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying इतिहासम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudreśa (Prabhāsa) / Kedāra-associated worship locus

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worship scene at Rudreśa: flames of ārati, offerings piled; above, a symbolic dark cloud of sin dissolves into light; the narrator gestures to begin an ancient tale, with sages seated to listen.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Brahmahatyā
• Pūjā
• Itihāsa (sacred history)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship at a consecrated tīrtha is upheld as a powerful means of purification, even for grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to the same Prabhāsakṣetra deity-context (Rudreśa/Kedāra) whose worship is praised as pāpa-nāśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) is stated as the means that destroys sins; it also signals a transition to the deity’s ancient narrative.