Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

दुर्विनीताभिधो विप्रो यत्र स्नानाद्द्विजोत्तम । गुरुस्त्रीगम पापेभ्यस्तत्क्षणादेव मोचितः

Transliteration

durvinītābhidho vipro yatra snānāddvijottama | gurustrīgama pāpebhyastatkṣaṇādeva mocitaḥ

Translation

O Bester der Brahmanen, dort wurde ein Brahmane namens Durvinīta durch ein Bad sogleich von den Sünden befreit, die aus dem Umgang mit der Frau des Guru entstanden.

Word by Word

• दुर्विनीताभिधः: named ‘Durvinīta’
• दुर्विनीताभिधः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्विनीत-अभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दुर्विनीत इति अभिधा यस्य/नाम)

• विप्रः: a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• स्नानात्: from bathing
• स्नानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of twice-born
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानाम् उत्तमः)

• गुरुस्त्रीगम: going to the teacher’s wife
• गुरुस्त्रीगम: Sambandha (Topic/सम्बन्ध; sin-type)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु-स्त्री-गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गुरोः स्त्री + गमः/गमनम्)

• पापेभ्यः: from sins
• पापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: at that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Adverbial (Time/कालाधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (तस्मिन् क्षणे)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मोचितः: freed
• मोचितः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi (Setu-kshetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as ‘dvijottama’ (best of brāhmaṇas) within the narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful brāhmaṇa, head bowed, enters the sea at Dhanuṣkoṭi; the water is depicted as luminous, washing away dark stains that dissolve instantly—moral gravity meeting divine mercy.

Characters & Entities

• Durvinīta
• Guru
• Guru-patnī
• Rāma-dhanuṣ-koṭi (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text emphasizes the extraordinary purifying power attributed to certain tīrthas when approached as prāyaścitta.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Setu-region tīrtha: Śrī-Rāma-dhanuṣ-koṭi, where bathing grants immediate purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha is prescribed as expiation, illustrated through Durvinīta’s example.