Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

एते सुरापिनः प्रोक्ताः सर्वकर्मबहिष्कृताः । सेतुस्नानेन मुच्यंते ते सर्वे हतकिल्बिषाः

Transliteration

ete surāpinaḥ proktāḥ sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtāḥ | setusnānena mucyaṃte te sarve hatakilbiṣāḥ

Translation

Ceux-ci sont dits buveurs d’ivresse, exclus de tous les rites sacrés; pourtant, par le bain à Setu, ils sont délivrés—tous sans exception—leurs fautes étant détruites.

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• surāpinaḥ: drinkers of liquor
• surāpinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेष्य (agent noun)

• proktāḥ: are said/declared
• proktāḥ: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇya (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु) → prokta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (predicate)

• sarva: all
• sarva: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-न? (न), विशेषण-रूपेण; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• karma: ritual acts/deeds
• karma: Viśeṣya-nirdeśa (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• bahiṣkṛtāḥ: excluded from all rites
• bahiṣkṛtāḥ: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇya (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahis + √kṛ (धातु) → bahiṣkṛta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘excluded’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः: सर्वकर्म-बहिष्कृत (तत्पुरुष)

• setu: the bridge (Setu)
• setu: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• snānena: by bathing at Setu
• snānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः: सेतु-स्नान (तत्पुरुष)

• mucyaṃte: are freed
• mucyaṃte: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• hata: destroyed
• hata: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √han (धातु) → hata (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• kilbiṣāḥ: (those) with sins removed
• kilbiṣāḥ: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇya (Predicate noun/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः: हत-किल्बिष (बहुव्रीहि) = ‘whose sins are destroyed’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setu Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to ‘dvijāḥ’ (twice-born) within the discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Penitent sinners approach the sea at Setu at dawn; priests indicate the snāna-spot; waves shimmer near the line of stones of the Setu; a sense of release as they immerse.

Characters & Entities

• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even those barred from ritual life due to serious transgressions can be purified through sincere pilgrimage and sacred bathing at Setu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Kṣetra (Setu Tīrtha), praised as a powerful purifier through snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Setu-snāna—bathing at the Setu sacred waters—as a means of expiation and release from sin.