Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

धनुष्कोटौ तु ये स्नानं पुण्ये कुर्वंति मानवाः । तेषां नश्यंति वै सत्यं पंचपातकसंचयाः

Transliteration

dhanuṣkoṭau tu ye snānaṃ puṇye kurvaṃti mānavāḥ | teṣāṃ naśyaṃti vai satyaṃ paṃcapātakasaṃcayāḥ

Translation

En vérité, ceux qui accomplissent le bain sacré au Dhanuṣkoṭi béni, voient assurément s’anéantir l’amas des cinq grands péchés.

Word by Word

• धनुष्कोटौ: at Dhanuṣkoṭi
• धनुष्कोटौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; स्ना + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• पुण्ये: in the holy (place)
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• कुर्वन्ति: do, perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• मानवाः: people, men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• नश्यन्ति: perish, are destroyed
• नश्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic particle)

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Assertion/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (used adverbially), नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन; सत्यार्थे निपातवत् (as 'truly')

• पञ्चपातकसंचयाः: collections of the five sins
• पञ्चपातकसंचयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'accumulations of five sins'); पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Dattātreya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of varied ages enter the Dhanuṣkoṭi waters at sunrise; a luminous current symbolically washes away dark ‘bundles’ of sin, shown as dissolving shadows.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuṣkoṭi
• Pañca-pātaka (five great sins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and sacred bathing, done with faith, are upheld as potent prāyaścitta (expiation) in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi is explicitly glorified as a sin-destroying tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing snāna (holy bath) at Dhanuṣkoṭi.