Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

एवं परावसोरुक्तं ब्रह्महत्याविमोक्षणम् । स्नानमात्राद्धनुष्कोटौ युष्माकं मुनिपुंगवाः

Transliteration

evaṃ parāvasoruktaṃ brahmahatyāvimokṣaṇam | snānamātrāddhanuṣkoṭau yuṣmākaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ

Translation

So ist Parāvasus Befreiung von der Sünde des Brahmanenmordes verkündet worden: In Dhanuṣkoṭi wird allein durch das Bad—o ihr Besten unter den Munis—solche Erlösung erlangt.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Discourse adverb (Prakara/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• परावसोः: of Parāvasu
• परावसोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परावसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उक्तम्: was said; stated
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘(इदं) उक्तम्’ इति

• ब्रह्महत्याविमोक्षणम्: release from brahma-slaughter (sin)
• ब्रह्महत्याविमोक्षणम्: Karman/Topic (Object or subject-complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्याविमोक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) = ब्रह्महत्या + विमोक्षण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्महत्यायाः विमोक्षणम्)

• स्नानमात्रात्: from mere bathing; by bathing alone
• स्नानमात्रात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नानमात्र (प्रातिपदिक) = स्नान + मात्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्नानस्य मात्रम्)

• धनुष्कोटौ: at Dhanuṣkoṭi
• धनुष्कोटौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युष्माकम्: of you (pl.)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (सर्वनाम)

• मुनिपुंगवाः: O best of sages
• मुनिपुंगवाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative-like address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिपुंगव (प्रातिपदिक) = मुनि + पुंगव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मुनिषु पुंगवाः = among sages, the best)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuskoṭi

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munipuṅgavāḥ (best of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: sages seated in a semicircle as the narrator declares the doctrine; in the background, the Dhanuskoṭi sea-shore is visible, suggesting the tīrtha’s power while the teaching is spoken.

Characters & Entities

• Parāvasu
• Dhanuskoṭi
• Brahmahatyā
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa exalts tīrtha-mahātmyas: sincere participation in a sacred rite at a sacred place can grant profound purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuskoṭi, praised as a place of brahmahatyā-removal through snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna-mātra—bathing alone at Dhanuskoṭi is presented as a powerful prāyaścitta.