Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वशांतिकरं परम् । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण ब्रह्महत्या विनश्यति

Transliteration

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvaśāṃtikaraṃ param | yasya śravaṇamātreṇa brahmahatyā vinaśyati

Translation

یہ سب گناہوں کو فرو کرنے اور ہر طرح کی اعلیٰ شانتی عطا کرنے کا برترین وسیلہ ہے؛ اس کے محض سن لینے سے ہی برہمن ہتیا جیسا پاپ بھی مٹ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• sarva-pāpa-praśamanam: the pacification of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-praśamanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pāpa + praśamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सर्वेषां पापानां प्रशमनम्

• sarva-śānti-karam: bringing all peace
• sarva-śānti-karam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + śānti + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सर्वां शान्तिं करोति इति

• param: supreme
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• yasya: of which/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• śravaṇa-mātreṇa: by mere hearing
• śravaṇa-mātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—श्रवणमेव मात्रम्

• brahmahatyā: Brahmin-slaying (sin)
• brahmahatyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmahatyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• vinaśyati: perishes/is destroyed
• vinaśyati: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; वि-उपसर्गपूर्वक √नश् (to perish)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Skanda speaking within Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly: a paurāṇika recites; listeners sit with folded hands; a dark cloud labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolves into light as peace spreads across faces.

Characters & Entities

• Śravaṇa (hearing)
• Brahmahatyā (brahmin-slaying)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to sacred Purāṇic teaching is portrayed as a powerful purifier that restores peace and dissolves even grave demerit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it states a general Purāṇic doctrine of merit through śravaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—attentive hearing of the sacred account—is the implied practice, emphasized as effective even without additional rites.