Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

मातृतः पितृतश्चैव द्विकोटिकुलसंयुतः । निर्विश्य शंभुना कल्पं ततो मोक्षं समश्नुते

Transliteration

mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaścaiva dvikoṭikulasaṃyutaḥ | nirviśya śaṃbhunā kalpaṃ tato mokṣaṃ samaśnute

Translation

Sowohl über die mütterliche als auch über die väterliche Linie, zusammen mit zwei Krore von Angehörigen, erlangt er mit Śambhu Eintritt in den göttlichen Zustand für eine Kalpa; danach erreicht er die Befreiung (Mokṣa).

Word by Word

• मातृतः: from the mother's side
• मातृतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); 'मातृ-तः' = मातृपक्षात्

• पितृतः: from the father's side
• पितृतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; 'पितृ-तः' = पितृपक्षात्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• द्विकोटिकुलसंयुतः: endowed with two crores of lineages
• द्विकोटिकुलसंयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + कोटि + कुल + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः (संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः): द्वे कोट्यौ कुलानां संयुतः

• निर्विश्य: having entered
• निर्विश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); 'having entered'

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कल्पम्: a kalpa (aeon)
• कल्पम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समश्नुते: attains
• समश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setubandha / Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni-puṅgavas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at Setu offers water (tarpaṇa) facing the sea; behind him, faint ancestral figures are shown being led toward a luminous Śiva-loka; Śambhu’s presence is suggested as a radiant liṅga or cosmic form.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through a supreme tīrtha can uplift one’s lineage and culminate in mokṣa by Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-tīrtha (Setu region associated with Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā/darśana leading to Śiva’s realm (no specific act named in this verse).