Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

न तत्फलमवाप्नोति सत्यंसत्यं वदाम्यहम् । धनुष्कोट्यभिधं तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थाधिकं विदुः

Transliteration

na tatphalamavāpnoti satyaṃsatyaṃ vadāmyaham | dhanuṣkoṭyabhidhaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrthādhikaṃ viduḥ

Translation

Il n’obtient pas ce même fruit — en vérité, en vérité je le dis. Le tīrtha nommé Dhanuṣkoṭi est reconnu comme supérieur à tous les lieux saints.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); विशेषण-रूपेण

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• avāpnoti: attains/obtains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√āp (धातु; आप्)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 3rd sg)

• satyam: truly
• satyam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे नपुंसक-एकवचन-रूपं; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: 'truly')

• satyam: truly (indeed)
• satyam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)

• vadāmi: I say
• vadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 1st sg)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, nominative singular)

• dhanuṣkoṭi-abhidham: called ‘Dhanuṣkoṭi’
• dhanuṣkoṭi-abhidham: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanuṣ (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + abhidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: (धनुषः कोटिः) इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + 'अभिध' (नामधेय) इति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular); तीर्थम् इति विशेषण

• tīrtham: pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• sarvatīrtha-adhikam: superior to all tīrthas
• sarvatīrtha-adhikam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् अधिकम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular); तीर्थम् इति विशेषण

• viduḥ: they know/consider
• viduḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु; विद्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्ण/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (perfect, 3rd pl)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Setukhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator solemnly proclaims the unsurpassed fruit of Dhanuṣkoṭi; the seashore tīrtha is shown as a radiant threshold where countless tīrthas symbolically converge.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural testimony (satyaṃ satyam) is used to establish Dhanuṣkoṭi as a uniquely supreme tīrtha, emphasizing faith in tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; the verse serves as an authoritative declaration of Dhanuṣkoṭi’s superiority.