Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ते सर्वे सेतुमागत्य मुच्यंते नात्र संशयः । औपासनपरित्यागी देवतान्नस्य भोजकः

Transliteration

te sarve setumāgatya mucyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ | aupāsanaparityāgī devatānnasya bhojakaḥ

Translation

അവർ എല്ലാവരും സേതുവിലെത്തി മോചിതരാകുന്നു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല; ഔപാസനാഗ്നി ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചവനും, ദേവതകൾക്കർപ്പിച്ച അന്നം ഭുജിക്കുന്നവനും പോലും।

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण of ते

• सेतुम्: to Setu
• सेतुम्: Karma (Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; धातु: √गम् (to go/come) उपसर्ग: आ-

• मुच्यन्ते: are freed
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• औपासनपरित्यागी: one who abandons the daily sacred fire-rite (aupāsana)
• औपासनपरित्यागी: Karta (Subject, implied in continuation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aupāsana-parityāgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: औपासनस्य परित्यागी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवतान्नस्य: of food offered to deities
• देवतान्नस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā-anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): देवतान्नस्य (food offered to deities); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• भोजकः: eater/consumer
• भोजकः: Karta (Subject, implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder’s extinguished sacred fire is shown cold; another figure eats from a deity-offering plate; both arrive at Setu where dawn light rekindles a symbolic flame and purifies their hands in sea-water.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Aupāsana
• Devatā (deities)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Setu is extolled as a merciful tīrtha where even serious ritual lapses of household dharma are said to be cleansed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra, the pilgrimage center praised for removing doubt and sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, undertaking Setu-yātrā (and the accompanying tīrtha observances) as expiation for abandoning aupāsana and related transgressions.