Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

महापातकसंहारि गोकर्णाख्यं मनोरमम् । यत्र स्थितिर्न पापानां महद्भ्यो महतामपि

Transliteration

mahāpātakasaṃhāri gokarṇākhyaṃ manoramam | yatra sthitirna pāpānāṃ mahadbhyo mahatāmapi

Translation

گوکرن نامی وہ دلکش مقدّس دھام بڑے بڑے پاپوں کا ناس کرنے والا ہے؛ وہاں گناہوں کو ہرگز ٹھکانہ نہیں ملتا—نہ عام لوگوں کے لیے، نہ ہی عظیموں میں عظیم کے لیے۔

Word by Word

• महापातकसंहारि: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकसंहारि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + संहारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• गोकर्णाख्यम्: named Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णाख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोकर्ण + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• मनोरमम्: charming, delightful
• मनोरमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (indeclinable; locative-relative adverb 'where')

• स्थितिः: abiding, presence
• स्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (indeclinable; negation particle)

• पापानाम्: of sins
• पापानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (neuter, genitive plural)

• महद्भ्यः: from the great (ones)
• महद्भ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masc/neut, ablative plural; adjective)

• महताम्: of the great (ones)
• महताम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masc/neut, genitive plural; adjective)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (indeclinable; 'also/even')

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice not identifiable from the isolated verse; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene coastal kṣetra: temple spire near the sea, pilgrims arriving with offerings; the atmosphere suggests an invisible boundary where ‘sins cannot remain’.

Characters & Entities

• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A truly sanctified tīrtha can nullify the power of even grave sins; holiness is portrayed as stronger than impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gokarṇa, praised as a supremely purifying sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the inherent sin-destroying potency of the site.