Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

पुण्यमेव तु विज्ञेयमन्योन्यस्यैव योगतः । एकैकमप्यमृतदं स्नानदानजपार्चनात्

Transliteration

puṇyameva tu vijñeyamanyonyasyaiva yogataḥ | ekaikamapyamṛtadaṃ snānadānajapārcanāt

Translation

Qu’on le sache : c’est bien du mérite, né de la conjonction réciproque des facteurs propices. Même chacune des observances—bain, dāna (aumône), japa et adoration—donne un fruit semblable à l’amṛta, l’immortel.

Word by Word

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• eva: indeed; only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• tu: but; and
• tu: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunctive particle)

• vijñeyam: to be understood/known
• vijñeyam: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√jñā (धातु) (तव्यत्/य-प्रत्यय; ‘विज्ञेय’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-भावे (gerundive: ‘to be known’)

• anyonyasya: of one another
• anyonyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anyonya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (प्रयोगे), षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of each other’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• yogataḥ: by (their) conjunction/combination
• yogataḥ: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘योगतः’ = ‘योगेन/योगकारणात्’

• eka-ekam: each one (individually)
• eka-ekam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-समास/द्वन्द्ववत् प्रयोगः—‘each one (separately)’

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (also/even)

• amṛta-dam: granting immortality
• amṛta-dam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘अमृतं ददाति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयप्रायः

• snāna-dāna-japa-arcanāt: from bathing, giving, recitation, and worship
• snāna-dāna-japa-arcanāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + japa (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः—‘स्नानाद् दानाज् जपाद् अर्चनाच्च’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasetu / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four panels or a single composite scene showing the four limbs: bathing at the sea, giving alms to a brāhmaṇa/poor, seated japa with rosary, and lamp-offering/arcana at a shrine near the shore.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmasetu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed at a sacred place and time becomes especially potent; even one sincere act can yield transformative results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmasetu, praised as a powerful field for dharmic acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), japa (mantra repetition), and arcana (worship).