Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तः सौदासो यत्र पार्थिवः । स्त्रीहत्यया विनिर्मुक्तः सुषेणो वसुधाधिपः

Transliteration

brahmahatyāvinirmuktaḥ saudāso yatra pārthivaḥ | strīhatyayā vinirmuktaḥ suṣeṇo vasudhādhipaḥ

Translation

اسی مقدّس مقام پر بادشاہ سوداس (پارتھِو) برہمن ہتیا کے پاپ سے آزاد ہوا؛ اور زمین کے حاکم راجا سُشین بھی عورت کے قتل کے گناہ سے رہائی پا گیا۔

Word by Word

• ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from brahmin-slaughter (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सौदासः: Saudāsa
• सौदासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौदास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (राजा)

• स्त्रीहत्यया: from/with (the sin of) woman-slaughter
• स्त्रीहत्यया: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीहत्या (प्रातिपदिक: स्त्री + हत्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; हेतु/निमित्त (cause/instrument)

• विनिर्मुक्तः: freed/released
• विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुषेणः: Suṣeṇa
• सुषेणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुषेण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वसुधाधिपः: lord of the earth (king)
• वसुधाधिपः: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual; dialogue resumes with Sūta from v.14)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhrūṇa-gartā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of the sacred pit, two kings—Saudāsa and Suṣeṇa—stand humbled; ritual water and offerings signify the lifting of heavy sin, while sages witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Saudāsa
• Suṣeṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha, upheld by dharma, is proclaimed capable of dissolving even grave sins when approached with reverence and proper conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse points to “that place” whose name is clarified by the surrounding narrative of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it asserts the tīrtha’s power of purification, implying pilgrimage practices like snāna and devotion.