Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वं मयाख्यातं हयग्रीवस्य कारणम् । प्रभास्तस्य तीर्थस्य सर्वपापायनुत्तये

Transliteration

etatsarvaṃ mayākhyātaṃ hayagrīvasya kāraṇam | prabhāstasya tīrthasya sarvapāpāyanuttaye

Translation

یہ سب کچھ میں نے ہَیَگریو کے سبب کے ساتھ بیان کر دیا ہے۔ اُس تیرتھ کی تابانی اور عظمت کے ذریعے تمام گناہوں کا اعلیٰ ترین ازالہ ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• आख्यातम्: has been told/declared
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)

• हयग्रीवस्य: of Hayagrīva
• हयग्रीवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक; हय + ग्रीव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कारणम्: cause, reason
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रभाः: radiances/splendours (named Prabhā-s)
• प्रभाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सर्वपापायनुत्तये: for the removal/cessation of all sin
• सर्वपापायनुत्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपापायनुत्ति (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + अयन + उत्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced; first-person narration closing the chapter segment)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Hayagrīva-context audience; immediately prior discourse recipient (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes an origin account of Hayagrīva and points to the radiant tīrtha whose very ‘prabhā’ dissolves sins; pilgrims stand at a luminous ford with ritual vessels, while the narrator gestures in benediction.

Characters & Entities

• Hayagrīva
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s māhātmya is framed as a sin-destroying revelation, connecting sacred geography with divine causality (here, Hayagrīva).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tirtha within the Dharmāraṇya context, continuing the Devakhāta-centered praise; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s pāpa-removing power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it functions as a concluding statement asserting the tīrtha’s sin-destroying efficacy.