Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तत्रैव कुरु शुद्ध्यर्थं तयोर्बाह्मणपुत्रक । तेन दुर्मृत्युदोषस्य शांतिर्भवति नान्यथा

Transliteration

tatraiva kuru śuddhyarthaṃ tayorbāhmaṇaputraka | tena durmṛtyudoṣasya śāṃtirbhavati nānyathā

Translation

Là même, ô fils de brāhmane, accomplis pour ces deux le rite de purification ; par cela seul s’apaise la souillure d’une mort funeste (durmṛtyu-doṣa), et nullement autrement.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• कुरु: do; perform
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुद्धि-अर्थम्: for purification
• शुद्धि-अर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; प्रयोजनवाचक (for the purpose of purification)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन

• ब्राह्मण-पुत्रक: O son of a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मण-पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• तेन: by that; thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• दुर्मृत्यु-दोषस्य: of the fault of untimely death
• दुर्मृत्यु-दोषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• शान्तिः: pacification; remedy
• शान्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes; occurs
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually: sages/munis instructing Jāṃgala)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara/Setu-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇa-putra (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage instructs a young brāhmaṇa to perform immediate purification rites at the sacred shore; ritual vessels, darbha grass, and a calm sea/riverbank frame the urgency of durmṛtyu-śānti.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa-putra
• durmṛtyu-doṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and peace for the departed is attained through proper pitṛ-rites performed at the prescribed sacred place, not through shortcuts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate narrative context is Setukhaṇḍa leading to Rāmeśvara/Setu as the efficacious place for ancestral purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A śuddhi (purificatory) rite for the two departed, specifically aimed at pacifying durmṛtyu-doṣa.