Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

पाषाणयन्त्रपीडां च मरुत्प्रपतनं तथा । पुरीषलेपनं चैव तथा क्रकचदारणम्

Transliteration

pāṣāṇayantrapīḍāṃ ca marutprapatanaṃ tathā | purīṣalepanaṃ caiva tathā krakacadāraṇam

Translation

Celui qui se baigne à Setu ne voit point des supplices tels que l’écrasement par des machines de pierre, la projection par des vents violents, l’enduisement d’immondices, ou le déchirement par des scies.

Word by Word

• पाषाणयन्त्रपीडाम्: crushing/torture by a stone-machine
• पाषाणयन्त्रपीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाषाण (प्रातिपदिक) + यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पाषाणयन्त्रस्य पीडा)

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

• मरुत्प्रपतनम्: falling due to wind / wind-driven falling
• मरुत्प्रपतनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रपतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मरुतः प्रपतनम्)

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चय/सादृश्यार्थे

• पुरीषलेपनम्: smearing with excrement
• पुरीषलेपनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरीष (प्रातिपदिक) + लेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुरीषस्य लेपनम्)

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

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चय/सादृश्यार्थे

• क्रकचदारणम्: cutting/tearing with a saw
• क्रकचदारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रकच (प्रातिपदिक) + दारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तृतीया/करण-तत्पुरुषः (क्रकचेन दारणम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setutīrtha (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Setu’s shore performs snāna while, in the background, shadowy visions of infernal machines—stone crushers, violent winds, filth-smearing, and saws—recede and dissolve, signifying protection through tīrtha merit.

Characters & Entities

• Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara region)
• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse intensifies the Māhātmya claim: Setu-snāna nullifies outcomes that would otherwise manifest as hellish punishments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Setu (implied by the recurring term setusnāyī in the passage).