Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ब्रह्महत्याविनिर्मुक्तः पूज्यमानो दिवौकसैः । गोदानं तत्र दातव्यं ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । ब्रह्महत्यापनोदार्थं तत्र श्राद्धं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

brahmahatyāvinirmuktaḥ pūjyamāno divaukasaiḥ | godānaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe vedapārage | brahmahatyāpanodārthaṃ tatra śrāddhaṃ samācaret

Translation

برہمن ہتیا کے پاپ سے آزاد ہو کر اور دیولوک کے باشندوں کی طرف سے معزز ٹھہر کر، وہاں ویدوں کے پارنگت برہمن کو گودان (گائے کا دان) دینا چاہیے۔ اور برہمن ہتیا کے ازالے کے لیے وہاں شاستری طریقے سے شرادھ بھی کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• brahmahatyā-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from brahmin-slaughter (sin)
• brahmahatyā-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmahatyā + vi-nis-√muc + mukta (कृदन्त; समास)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; समास: ब्रह्महत्यायाः विनिर्मुक्तः (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष)

• pūjyamānaḥ: being worshipped
• pūjyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त; कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/यमान), कर्मणि प्रयोग, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Present passive participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• divaukasaiḥ: by the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• divaukasaiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divaukas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• go-dānam: gift of a cow
• go-dānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go + dāna (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; समास: गोः दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — Indeclinable adverb of place

• dātavyam: should be given
• dātavyam: Vidhi (Obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (विधेय/कर्तव्यता), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Gerundive/obligatory; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• brāhmaṇe: to/for a brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇe: Adhikarana (Recipient-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• veda-pārage: versed in the Vedas
• veda-pārage: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda + pāraga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; समास: वेदेषु पारगः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• brahmahatyā-panoda-artham: for the removal of brahmin-slaughter (sin)
• brahmahatyā-panoda-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: brahmahatyā + panoda + artha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (अर्थे), अव्यय — Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially: ‘for the purpose of …’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — Indeclinable adverb of place

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• samācaret: should perform
• samācaret: Kriya (Injunction/विधि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic instruction within Indreśvara-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of pilgrims/householders seeking prāyaścitta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent pilgrim, now purified, is honored by devas; he offers a cow in donation to a Veda-master brāhmaṇa and performs śrāddha rites at the sacred place to uproot brahmahatyā.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (Veda-pāraga)
• Divaukas (celestials)
• Go-dāna
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes that repentance is completed through dharmic action—charity to worthy recipients and prescribed rites done at a sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the setting of Indreśvara’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna (gift of a cow) to a Veda-learned Brāhmaṇa and performance of Śrāddha at that place for expiation.