Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

तुल्यं यज्ञफलैः पुण्यैर्धनुष्कोट्यवगाहनम् । सर्वमंत्राधिकं पुण्यं सर्वदा नफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

tulyaṃ yajñaphalaiḥ puṇyairdhanuṣkoṭyavagāhanam | sarvamaṃtrādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvadā naphalapradam

Translation

L’immersion au saint Dhanuṣkoṭi confère un mérite égal aux fruits sacrés des yajñas ; c’est une vertu qui surpasse tous les mantras et dont le fruit ne manque jamais.

Word by Word

• tulyaṃ: equal
• tulyaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (dhanuṣkoṭyavagāhanam)

• yajñaphalaiḥ: with the fruits of sacrifices
• yajñaphalaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य फलम्)

• puṇyaiḥ: meritorious; holy
• puṇyaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (yajñaphalaiḥ)

• dhanuṣkoṭyavagāhanam: immersion/bathing at Dhanuṣkoṭi
• dhanuṣkoṭyavagāhanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanuṣkoṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + ava-√gāh (धातु) + ana (अन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘अवगाहन’ (bathing/immersion), तत्पुरुषः (धनुष्कोट्याम् अवगाहनम्)

• sarvamantrādhikam: superior to all mantras
• sarvamantrādhikam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेभ्यः मन्त्रेभ्यः अधिकम्) — comparative sense; विशेषण (puṇyam)

• puṇyam: merit; holy act
• puṇyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय — adverb of time

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation particle

• phalapradam: fruit-giving; bestowing results
• phalapradam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (फलं प्रददाति इति) — predicate adjective of puṇyam

Speaker

Setukhaṇḍa narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuskoṭi

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims immerse at dawn where two seas meet the horizon; the water around them glows like liquid gold, while faint sacrificial fires appear in the sky as symbolic equivalence to yajñas; mantra syllables dissolve into the radiance of the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuskoṭi
• Yajña (sacrifice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā can concentrate the fruit of many Vedic rites, making pilgrimage a potent dharmic path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuskoṭi, in the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāhana/snānā—immersive bathing at Dhanuskoṭi—is explicitly praised.