Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

सेतुस्नानं विशिष्टं हि पुराणे परिपठ्यते । अकामनाकृतं स्नानं सेतौ पापविनाशने

Transliteration

setusnānaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ hi purāṇe paripaṭhyate | akāmanākṛtaṃ snānaṃ setau pāpavināśane

Translation

Dans le Purāṇa, il est récité que le bain à Setu est éminent. Le bain accompli à Setu sans désir égoïste est destructeur des péchés.

Word by Word

• सेतुस्नानम्: Setu-bath
• सेतुस्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सेतोः स्नानम्)

• विशिष्टम्: distinguished/special
• विशिष्टम्: Karma-pravacaniya/Predicate adjective (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्ट (√शिष् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• पुराणे: in the Purāṇa
• पुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• परिपठ्यते: is recited/mentioned
• परिपठ्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• अकामनाकृतम्: done without desire
• अकामनाकृतम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + कामना (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (√कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (अकामना = without desire) + कृदन्त क्त (कृत)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सेतौ: at Setu
• सेतौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• पापविनाशने: in (the matter of) destruction of sins
• पापविनाशने: Adhikarana (Purpose/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य विनाशने)

Speaker

Unknown (Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice; context not provided in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General Purāṇa audience; addressed as implicit adhikārins

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Setu offering water to the sea with closed eyes, rejecting worldly desire; a subtle aura of purification; priests reciting Purāṇic passages nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage acts become most purifying when performed without personal desire; desireless Setu-snāna destroys sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Tīrtha (Setu), lauded here as uniquely meritorious among sacred bathing places.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Setu, specifically recommended as akāmanā-kṛta—performed without selfish motives.