Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

इति विज्ञापितः साक्षाद्यमः पातकनायकैः । ब्रह्मणोंऽतिकमासाद्य तस्मै सर्वं न्यवेदयत्

Transliteration

iti vijñāpitaḥ sākṣādyamaḥ pātakanāyakaiḥ | brahmaṇoṃ'tikamāsādya tasmai sarvaṃ nyavedayat

Translation

یوں گناہ کے سرداروں کی براہِ راست فریاد سن کر یم نے برہما کے پاس جا کر سارا حال اُن کے حضور عرض کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotation marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्तिप्रदर्शक/quotative particle)

• विज्ञापितः: having been informed
• विज्ञापितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + √jñap (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘informed/requested’

• साक्षात्: directly/in person
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पातकनायकैः: by the leaders of sinners
• पातकनायकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन; ‘पातकानां नायकाः’

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Shashthi-Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अन्तिकम्: near (presence)
• अन्तिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘near presence’

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √sad (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभावक कृदन्त (gerund); ‘having approached’

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘everything’

• न्यवेदयत्: reported
• न्यवेदयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + √vid (धातु) (causative √veday)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘न्यवेदयत्’ = ‘informed/reported’

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual narration within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama, solemn and authoritative, approaches Brahmā’s radiant lotus-throne court; behind him stand shadowy ‘pātaka-nāyakas’ (leaders of sins) as petitioners; the scene contrasts darkness (pāpa) with Brahmā’s luminous order.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Brahmā
• Pātakanāyakāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic governance is shown as responsive: when adharma is weakened, even Yama’s order seeks counsel from higher authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the passage is set in a cosmic-administrative context (Yama and Brahmā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is stated here; it continues the narrative about the effects of Rudra-japa.