Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां नरकाणां च बाधकं परिकीर्तितम् । संपदामपि सर्वासां निदानं परिकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ narakāṇāṃ ca bādhakaṃ parikīrtitam | saṃpadāmapi sarvāsāṃ nidānaṃ parikīrtitam

Translation

On le célèbre comme ce qui écarte tous les enfers ; on le célèbre aussi comme la source même de toute prospérité.

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (नरकाणाम्)

• narakāṇām: of hells
• narakāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• bādhakam: remover / preventer
• bādhakam: Kriyā-viśeṣya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bādhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (विधेय), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम

• parikīrtitam: is declared
• parikīrtitam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-kīrt (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (is declared)

• saṃpadām: of prosperities
• saṃpadām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also/even)

• sarvāsām: of all
• sarvāsām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (संपदाम्)

• nidānam: cause / source
• nidānam: Kriyā-viśeṣya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (विधेय), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम

• parikīrtitam: is declared
• parikīrtitam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-kīrt (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasetu

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Allegorical split-scene: on one side, gates of hell recede and close as a pilgrim performs Setu snāna; on the other, prosperity—grain, gold, healthy family, auspicious symbols—arises from the same act, indicating ‘sampadām nidānam’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-dharma is portrayed as protecting one from painful after-death states while also supporting righteous well-being in this life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setukhaṇḍa context points to Rāmasetu as the praised sacred power-center.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse functions as a fruit-statement (phalaśruti), reinforcing the value of the Rāmasetu observance rather than adding a new step.