Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

महतां चैव रोगाणां तीर्थं तन्नाशकं स्मृतम् । सुतमादाय गच्छ त्वं तत्तीर्थं सेतुमध्यगम्

Transliteration

mahatāṃ caiva rogāṇāṃ tīrthaṃ tannāśakaṃ smṛtam | sutamādāya gaccha tvaṃ tattīrthaṃ setumadhyagam

Translation

Jenes Tīrtha wird auch als Vernichter schwerer Krankheiten gepriesen. Nimm deinen Sohn und geh zu jener heiligen Furt, die mitten im Gebiet von Setu liegt.

Word by Word

• महताम्: of great (severe)
• महताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘रोगाणाम्’ इत्यस्य

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• रोगाणाम्: of diseases
• रोगाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford (tīrtha)
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; अत्र कर्म/विधेय-रूपे

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘नाशकम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• नाशकम्: destroying (removing)
• नाशकम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाशक (प्रातिपदिक; √नश् (धातु) + ण्वुल्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषण

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/considered
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(इति) स्मृतम्’ = ‘is said/considered’

• सुतम्: the son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दा (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ + ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव-भावे)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-न? (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तीर्थम्: to the tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सेतु-मध्य-गम्: located in the middle of the Setu
• सेतु-मध्य-गम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक; √गम् (धातु) + ड)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः): ‘सेतोः मध्ये गम्’ = ‘situated/going in the middle of the bridge’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāpavināśana (in Setu region)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worried brāhmaṇa carrying his son is directed toward the mid-Setu sacred ford; the sea glimmers, with distant stone/reef line suggesting the Setu; ascetic authority implied behind the instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Pāpavināśana-tīrtha
• Setu (Rāmasetu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas are portrayed as holistic remedies—removing both sin and suffering—when approached with right intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pāpavināśana-tīrtha located within the Setu (Rāmasetu) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the journey (yātrā) to the tīrtha, bringing the afflicted person (the son) for the prescribed rite.