Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

इन्द्रादिसर्वलोकानां सालोक्यादिप्रदं तथा । चंद्रसूर्योपरागे च तथैवार्द्धोदये द्विजाः

Transliteration

indrādisarvalokānāṃ sālokyādipradaṃ tathā | caṃdrasūryoparāge ca tathaivārddhodaye dvijāḥ

Translation

Il accorde le sālokya et d’autres états divins dans tous les mondes, à commencer par celui d’Indra. Et lors des éclipses de lune et de soleil, ainsi qu’à l’arddhodaya, ô deux-fois-nés—

Word by Word

• इन्द्रादि-सर्व-लोकानाम्: of all the worlds beginning with Indra’s (world)
• इन्द्रादि-सर्व-लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—इन्द्रादयः (इन्द्र-आदि) येषां ते (बहिर्गत-तत्पुरुष-निर्देश), सर्वलोकानाम् = सर्वेषां लोकानाम्

• सालोक्य-आदि-प्रदम्: granting sālokya etc. (types of liberation)
• सालोक्य-आदि-प्रदम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सालोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; √दा (धातु) उपसर्ग प्र-; ‘प्रद’ = दाता)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/Acc), एकवचन; समासः—सालोक्यादीनि (सालोक्य-आदि) प्रयच्छतीति/ददातीति प्रदम्

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• चन्द्र-सूर्य-उपरागे: at the lunar/solar eclipse
• चन्द्र-सूर्य-उपरागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च (द्वन्द्व) तयोः उपरागः = चन्द्रसूर्योपराग़ः; सप्तमी—उपरागे (eclipse-time)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction ‘and’)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थक (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (particle of emphasis ‘indeed/just’)

• अर्द्ध-उदये: at the arddhodaya time
• अर्द्ध-उदये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्द्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—अर्द्धः उदयः यस्मिन्/यत्र = अर्द्धोदयः; सप्तमी—अर्द्धोदये (at half-rise/half-moonrise; specific auspicious time)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थेऽपि प्रयोगः (often used as vocative sense though form is nominative plural)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasetu / Setubandha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas (explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the Setu shore performing snāna and dāna as the sun/moon is eclipsed; priests chant while the sea glows; celestial beings hover witnessing the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Candra (Moon)
• Sūrya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rāmasetu practice is framed as yielding both exalted heavenly attainments (like sālokya) and special potency during major celestial timings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmasetu is the implied tīrtha whose merit grants sālokya and related fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the instruction about eclipse/arddhodaya contexts, connecting them with the stated spiritual fruits.