Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अकामेनापि यः स्नायादपवर्गफलप्रदम् । दुःस्वप्ननाशनं धन्यं नरकक्लेशनाशनम्

Transliteration

akāmenāpi yaḥ snāyādapavargaphalapradam | duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ dhanyaṃ narakakleśanāśanam

Translation

Even one who bathes there without any particular desire obtains the fruit of liberation. It destroys evil dreams, is auspicious and blessed, and eliminates the torments of hell.

Word by Word

• अकामेन: without desire; by a desireless (person)
• अकामेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; instrumental of 'one without desire'

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘even/also’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• स्नायात्: should bathe
• स्नायात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अपवर्गफलप्रदम्: granting the fruit of liberation
• अपवर्गफलप्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपवर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण—(अपवर्गस्य फलस्य) प्रदम्

• दुःस्वप्ननाशनम्: destroyer of bad dreams
• दुःस्वप्ननाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—दुःस्वप्नानां नाशनम्

• धन्यम्: auspicious; blessed
• धन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• नरकक्लेशनाशनम्: destroyer of the torments of hell
• नरकक्लेशनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक) + क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—नरकक्लेशस्य नाशनम्

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Setukhaṇḍa (purāṇic narrator continuing the Setu Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi / Setu-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a wind-swept seashore tīrtha at dawn, entering the waves for snāna; a subtle aura of purification dispels dark dream-forms and hellish torments, replaced by calm radiance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing at Setu is powerful even without personal desire, leading toward purification and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region, especially the bathing merit associated with Dhanuṣkoṭi/Setu tīrtha in Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at the tīrtha is prescribed as a means of removing inauspiciousness and suffering.