Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

देवीपुरी च प्राक्कोटिरुभयं सेतुमूलकम् । उभयं पुण्यमाख्यातं पवित्रं पापनाशनम्

Transliteration

devīpurī ca prākkoṭirubhayaṃ setumūlakam | ubhayaṃ puṇyamākhyātaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam

Translation

Devīpurī est l’extrémité orientale, et les deux extrémités relèvent de Setumūla ; toutes deux sont dites méritoires, purifiantes et destructrices du péché.

Word by Word

• देवीपुरी: Devīpurī
• देवीपुरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवीपुरी (प्रातिपदिक; देवी + पुरी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृस्थानी/वाक्यविषय

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• प्राक्कोटिः: the eastern end
• प्राक्कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राक्कोटि (प्रातिपदिक; प्राक् + कोटि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण/दिशावाचक-अव्ययीभावसमास; वाक्यविषय

• उभयम्: both (together)
• उभयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समाहार (collective)

• सेतुमूलकम्: connected with/pertaining to the bridge-base
• सेतुमूलकम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेतुमूलक (प्रातिपदिक; सेतु + मूलक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण; ‘having the bridge-base as (its) basis’

• उभयम्: both
• उभयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाक्यविषय (resumptive)

• पुण्यम्: meritorious/holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• आख्यातम्: is declared
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘is declared/called’

• पवित्रम्: pure/sacred
• पवित्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + नाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devīpurī (eastern koṭi) and Darbhaśayyā/Setumūla complex (western koṭi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diptych-like scene: on one side Devīpurī as the eastern gate with pilgrims arriving; on the other side the western terminal Darbhaśayyā with pilgrims offering prayers—both framed as equally holy.

Characters & Entities

• Devīpurī
• Setumūla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Multiple sacred nodes within one kṣetra can each confer purification; holiness is distributed across the pilgrimage landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devīpurī as the eastern extremity, and the Setumūla-related endpoints as sin-destroying holy places.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā (reverent visitation/bathing) at both sacred endpoints; the verse emphasizes their purifying power.