Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

स्वर्णस्तेयायुतं राजन्गुरुस्त्रीगमनायुतम् । एतत्संसर्गदोषाश्च विनश्यंति क्षणाद्विभो

Transliteration

svarṇasteyāyutaṃ rājangurustrīgamanāyutam | etatsaṃsargadoṣāśca vinaśyaṃti kṣaṇādvibho

Translation

Ô Roi, dix milliers de péchés de vol d’or et dix milliers de péchés d’approcher l’épouse du guru—ainsi que les souillures nées d’un tel contact—périssent en un instant, ô puissant.

Word by Word

• स्वर्णस्तेय: gold-theft (sin)
• स्वर्णस्तेय: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण-स्तेय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन-समर्थ आधार; ‘स्वर्णस्य स्तेयम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gold-theft)

• अयुतम्: a ten-thousand
• अयुतम्: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• गुरुस्त्रीगमन: going to (i.e., intercourse with) the teacher’s wife
• गुरुस्त्रीगमन: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु-स्त्री-गमन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन-समर्थ आधार; ‘गुरोः स्त्री’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + ‘तस्याः गमनम्’ (teacher’s-wife-going)

• अयुतम्: a ten-thousand
• अयुतम्: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक (this)

• संसर्गदोषाः: faults due to association/contact
• संसर्गदोषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसर्ग-दोष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; ‘संसर्गस्य दोषाः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• विनश्यन्ति: perish; are destroyed
• विनश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• क्षणात्: in a moment; instantly
• क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; ‘क्षणात्’ = immediately/from a moment

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Setu-khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet; addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha at Rāmasetu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājān)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage proclaims that even gold-theft and guru’s-wife transgression—together with their lingering stains—vanish instantly at Rāmanātha; the scene juxtaposes dark ‘stain’ motifs dissolving into temple light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha (implied from surrounding verses)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text magnifies the purificatory potency of the sacred sphere of Rāmanātha, extending even to severe moral transgressions and their residual taints.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rāmanātha kṣetra connected to Rāmasetu (Rāmeśvaram) in Setu-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No separate rite is listed; the implied means is approaching the holy presence/merit-field of Rāmanātha (continued in the next verses as sevā).