Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

मुक्ता ऋणेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यो धनिनः स्युर्न संशयः । यदत्र मज्जनात्पुंसामृणमुक्तिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

muktā ṛṇebhyaḥ sarvebhyo dhaninaḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ | yadatra majjanātpuṃsāmṛṇamuktiḥ prajāyate

Translation

Délivrés de toutes sortes de dettes, les hommes deviennent véritablement prospères, sans aucun doute, car en se baignant ici naît pour eux l’affranchissement de l’endettement.

Word by Word

• मुक्ताः: freed, released
• मुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = past passive participle; used adjectivally

• ऋणेभ्यः: from debts
• ऋणेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) बहुवचन

• सर्वेभ्यः: from all
• सर्वेभ्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• धनिनः: debtors/borrowers (those owing)
• धनिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचन

• स्युः: would become / should be
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative) प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person) बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मज्जनात्: from bathing/immersion
• मज्जनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन (प्रातिपदिक; √मज्ज् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन

• पुंसाम्: of men/people
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम्स् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन

• ऋणमुक्तिः: release from debt
• ऋणमुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ऋणस्य मुक्तिः)

• प्रजायते: arises, is produced
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present) प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person) एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Brahmakhaṇḍa narrative style within Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a coastal/riverine ford performing snāna with folded hands, offering water (arghya) and prayers for release from debts; priests guiding sankalpa; a serene tīrtha landscape.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing done with faith can dissolve burdens of obligation and restore inner and outer well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Setukhaṇḍa tīrtha famed for removing debts—introduced as an ṛṇa-mocana (debt-liberating) bathing place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Majjana/snāna—immersive bathing at the tīrtha as the means to attain ṛṇa-mukti.