Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 219

Devanagari script

एवं वः कथितं विप्रा धनुष्कोटेस्तु वैभवम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते मानवो भुवि

Transliteration

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā dhanuṣkoṭestu vaibhavam | yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate mānavo bhuvi

Translation

Ainsi, ô vipras (brāhmaṇas), la grandeur de Dhanuṣkoṭi vous a été exposée ; en l’entendant, l’homme sur la terre est délivré de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• वः: to you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; enclitic “to you/your” (context: “to you”)

• कथितम्: has been narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; passive participle “has been told” (impersonal)

• विप्राः: O Brahmins
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन

• धनुष्कोटेः: of Dhanuṣkoṭi
• धनुष्कोटेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष् (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः; “of Dhanuṣkoṭi”

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपातः (but/indeed)

• वैभवम्: glory; magnificence
• वैभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; object/complement of “कथितम्”

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; relative pronoun referring to the narration/glory

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया “having heard”

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः “all sins”; ablative “from”

• मुच्यते: is liberated
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः “is freed”

• मानवः: a human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; “on earth”

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Setu-khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprāḥ / Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta addresses assembled sages; behind them, a symbolic vignette shows Dhanuṣkoṭi’s shore and a radiant tīrtha aura, indicating that mere hearing transmits sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuṣkoṭi
• Vipras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a purifying act that removes sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi tīrtha in the Setu-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the merit gained by hearing the Dhanuṣkoṭi māhātmya.