Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 210

Devanagari script

तथान्येष्वपि तीर्थेषु सेतुमध्यगतेषु वै । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति पाठेन श्रवणेन वा

Transliteration

tathānyeṣvapi tīrtheṣu setumadhyagateṣu vai | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti pāṭhena śravaṇena vā

Translation

Ebenso erlangt man an anderen Tīrthas in der Setu-Region dieselbe Frucht, sei es durch Rezitation oder durch Hören.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्येषु: in other
• अन्येषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• तीर्थेषु: in pilgrimage places
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• सेतुमध्यगतेषु: situated in the middle of the Setu
• सेतुमध्यगतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेतु + मध्य + गत (गम्-धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; अर्थः—"सेतोः मध्ये गतेषु"

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (correlative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: fully attains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पाठेन: by recitation/reading
• पाठेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• श्रवणेन: by hearing
• श्रवणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-madhya-gata tīrthas (collective)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred panorama: several bathing ghāṭas and small shrines along the Setu coast; a reciter reads while pilgrims at different spots bathe, suggesting ‘same fruit’ across the region.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred merit is transferable through śravaṇa and pāṭha: the māhātmya sanctifies not only one spot but the whole tīrtha-network.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

All tīrthas ‘within the Setu region’ are included; it universalizes Setu’s pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation or hearing as the means to obtain the stated fruit.