Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

ततः स्यात्कोटितीर्थाख्यं साध्यानाममृतं ततः । मानसाख्यं ततस्तीर्थं धनुष्कोटिस्ततः परम्

Transliteration

tataḥ syātkoṭitīrthākhyaṃ sādhyānāmamṛtaṃ tataḥ | mānasākhyaṃ tatastīrthaṃ dhanuṣkoṭistataḥ param

Translation

Ensuite se trouve le gué sacré nommé Koṭitīrtha ; puis vient le « Nectar des Sādhyas ». Après cela est le tīrtha appelé Mānasa ; et au-delà se tient Dhanuṣkoṭi.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘thereafter/from there’

• स्यात्: may be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘may be/should be’

• कोटितीर्थाख्यम्: called ‘Koṭitīrtha’
• कोटितीर्थाख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘-आख्य’ = ‘named/called’; समासः: कोटितीर्थ-आख्य (तत्पुरुष)

• साध्यानाम्: of the Sādhyas
• साध्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (देवगण-नाम), षष्ठी, बहुवचन — ‘of the Sādhyas’

• अमृतम्: nectar; ambrosia
• अमृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘nectar/ambrosia’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereafter/from there’

• मानसाख्यम्: named ‘Mānasa’
• मानसाख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: मानस-आख्य (तत्पुरुष) — ‘named Mānas(a)’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then/thereafter’

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘holy place/fording place’

• धनुष्कोटिः: Dhanuṣkoṭi (place-name)
• धनुष्कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: धनुष्-कोटि (तत्पुरुष) — ‘Bow’s End (place-name)’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereafter’

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘further/supreme/next’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa narrative commonly relayed by Sūta to ṛṣis)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha; Sādhyāmṛta; Mānasa-tīrtha; Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvija-śreṣṭhas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-party at the sea-edge of Setu: signposts or sages indicating successive tīrthas—Koṭitīrtha, Sādhyāmṛta, Mānasa, and far-off Dhanuṣkoṭi—against a vast ocean horizon and sand-spit.

Characters & Entities

• Sādhyas
• Koṭitīrtha
• Mānasa-tīrtha
• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Setu is mapped as a chain of liberating tīrthas; moving from one to the next is itself a dharmic pilgrimage that accrues puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha, the ‘Nectar of the Sādhyas’, Mānasa-tīrtha, and Dhanuṣkoṭi—tīrthas within the Setu sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as a sacred itinerary (tīrtha-sequence) for pilgrimage remembrance and visitation.