Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

तत्तत्सिद्धिम वाप्नोति सत्यं स्यान्नात्र संशयः । दारिद्र्यान्नरकाद्ये च मनुजा भुवि बिभ्यति

Transliteration

tattatsiddhima vāpnoti satyaṃ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ | dāridryānnarakādye ca manujā bhuvi bibhyati

Translation

Il obtient précisément cet accomplissement : c’est vérité, il n’y a ici nul doute. Sur la terre, les hommes craignent la pauvreté, et aussi l’enfer et ce qui s’y apparente.

Word by Word

• tat-tat-siddhim: that respective attainment/success
• tat-tat-siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (प्रातिपदिक) + tat (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Dvitīyā (2nd/कर्म), Ekavacana (singular); कर्मधारयः (tattat = respective/that-that)

• ava: (intensively)
• ava: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Preverb/उपसर्गार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ava (अव्यय)
• Form: Upasarga-like particle (preverb) used with āpnoti in sandhi

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (singular), Parasmaipada

• satyam: truly
• satyam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable accusative used adverbially), assertion

• syāt: is/should be (i.e., it is)
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (singular), Parasmaipada

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Nishedha (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśavācī avyaya (locative adverb)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā (1st/कर्ता), Ekavacana (singular)

• dāridryāt: from poverty
• dāridryāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), Pañcamī (5th/अपादान), Ekavacana (singular)

• naraka-ādye: from hell and the like
• naraka-ādye: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Pañcamī (5th/अपादान), Ekavacana (singular); तत्पुरुषः (naraka + ādi = hell etc.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya (conjunction)

• manujāḥ: people/humans
• manujāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā (1st/कर्ता), Bahuvacana (plural)

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Saptamī (7th/अधिकरण), Ekavacana (singular)

• bibhyati: fear
• bibhyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhī (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (plural), Parasmaipada

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Brāhma Khaṇḍa Setu-māhātmya style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Rāmasetu

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-like sage proclaiming ‘no doubt’ to anxious householders; behind them the sea of Setu; symbolic shadows of ‘naraka’ dissipating as light rises.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmasetu (Setu)
• Naraka (hell)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text asserts the reliability of tīrtha-dharma: sacred acts are said to counter human fears like poverty and painful afterlife states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmasetu, within the Setukhaṇḍa praise of pilgrimage bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of Setu-snāna and intention-based practice described in the surrounding verses.