Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

धनुष्कोटिजले सोऽयं वेतालेन प्रवेशितः । उदतिष्ठत्क्षणादेव वेतालेन विमोचितः

Transliteration

dhanuṣkoṭijale so'yaṃ vetālena praveśitaḥ | udatiṣṭhatkṣaṇādeva vetālena vimocitaḥ

Translation

Bien que ce vetāla eût jeté cet homme dans les eaux de Dhanuṣkoṭi, il se releva aussitôt, délivré de ce même vetāla.

Word by Word

• धनुष्कोटिजले: in the water of Dhanuṣkoṭi
• धनुष्कोटिजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—धनुष्कोटेः जलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वेतालेन: by the vetāla
• वेतालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रवेशितः: made to enter/immersed
• प्रवेशितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative passive sense)

• उदतिष्ठत्: rose up
• उदतिष्ठत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• क्षणात्: from (within) a moment
• क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अपादान/काल-निर्देश)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• वेतालेन: by the vetāla
• वेतालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विमोचितः: released/freed
• विमोचितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Setukhaṇḍa narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi-jala

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa emerges from the sea immediately, water streaming from his garments; the dark vetāla presence dissolves or recoils, replaced by a calm aura over the waves.

Characters & Entities

• Vetāla
• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a sanctified tīrtha can instantly dissolve bondage that ordinary effort cannot remove.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi-tīrtha, specifically its waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna/immersion is implied as the liberating rite connected with the tīrtha.