Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

देवीपुरस्य निकटे नवपाषाणरूपके । सेतुमूले नरः स्नायात्स्वपापपरिशुद्धये

Transliteration

devīpurasya nikaṭe navapāṣāṇarūpake | setumūle naraḥ snāyātsvapāpapariśuddhaye

Translation

Près de Devīpura, à la racine même du Setu, là où le lieu est marqué par neuf formes de pierre, que l’homme se baigne : ainsi ses fautes sont purifiées.

Word by Word

• देवीपुरस्य: of Devīpura
• देवीपुरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवीपुर (प्रातिपदिक; देवी + पुर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• निकटे: near (in the vicinity)
• निकटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निकट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमीविभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• नवपाषाणरूपके: at the nine-stone form/place
• नवपाषाणरूपके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवपाषाणरूपक (प्रातिपदिक; नव + पाषाण + रूपक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमीविभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• सेतुमूले: at the root/base of the bridge
• सेतुमूले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतुमूल (प्रातिपदिक; सेतु + मूल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमीविभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• स्नायात्: should bathe
• स्नायात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वपापपरिशुद्धये: for the purification of one’s sins
• स्वपापपरिशुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपापपरिशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + पाप + परिशुद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थीविभक्ति (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान (dative of purpose)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya style instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setumūla near Devīpura (Navapāṣāṇa-rūpaka)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (best of brāhmaṇas) implied in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the sea-edge of Setumūla near Devīpura bathe at dawn; nine sacred stone-forms stand in a small shrine-like cluster, with the bridge-line of Setu suggested on the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Devīpura
• Setumūla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a sanctified place with faith and performing tīrtha-snāna is taught as a direct means for purification of accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setumūla—the ‘root’ or starting-point of the Setu—near Devīpura, identified by nine stone-forms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at Setumūla for the purpose of cleansing one’s sins.