Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
तेजोवधसमुद्भूतपातकेन स मुच्यते
Transliteration
tejovadhasamudbhūtapātakena sa mucyate
Translation
他将从因杀害“具光者”（tejovat，具灵性光辉之存在）而生的罪垢中解脱——此乃摧折光明的重罪。
Word by Word
तेजो-वध-समुद्भूत-पातकेनby/through the sin arisen from the killing of Tejas
तेजो-वध-समुद्भूत-पातकेन:
Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वध (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भूत (कृदन्त; सम्-उद्-√भू) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तेजसः वधात् समुद्भूतं पातकम्); Instrumental singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): 'is released'
Speaker
Maheśvara (Śiva) (continuation from prior verse context)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Śakticchidra (near Kapāleśvara)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Skanda
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A penitent pilgrim emerges from sacred waters near Kapāleśvara, hands folded, with a visual motif of dark stain dissolving into light—symbolizing release from a grievous sin.
Characters & Entities
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Maheśvara (Śiva)FAQs
Śaiva tīrtha-observance is presented as powerful prāyaścitta, capable of dissolving even severe moral stains.
The Kapāleśvara/Śakticchidra tīrtha context described in Adhyāya 33.
Implicitly, the previously stated regimen (snāna, upavāsa, worship on caturdaśī) yields release from such sin.