Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

शीघ्रं विलयमाप्नोति धनुष्कोटौ निमज्जनात् । ब्रह्महत्यासमानानि सुरापानसमानि च

Transliteration

śīghraṃ vilayamāpnoti dhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt | brahmahatyāsamānāni surāpānasamāni ca

Translation

ധനുഷ്കോട്ടിയിൽ നിമജ്ജനം ചെയ്താൽ പാപം വേഗത്തിൽ ലയിക്കുന്നു; ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാസമവും സുരാപാനസമവും ആയ കർമങ്ങളും അവിടെ शीഘ്രം നശിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम् (adverbial accusative), क्रियाविशेषण

• विलयम्: dissolution / destruction
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• धनुष्कोटौ: at Dhanuskoṭi
• धनुष्कोटौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (place-name)

• निमज्जनात्: from immersion/bathing
• निमज्जनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमज्जन (प्रातिपदिक; नि+मज्ज् धातोः)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• ब्रह्महत्या-समाणानि: (sins) equal to brahma-slaughter
• ब्रह्महत्या-समाणानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + समान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘equal to brahma-slaughter’)

• सुरापान-समाणि: (sins) equal to liquor-drinking
• सुरापान-समाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरापान (प्रातिपदिक) + समान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śraddhālu audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dynamic sea-immersion moment: a pilgrim submerges as waves crest; above, a subtle visual metaphor of dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolving into light; sunrise suggests immediacy and renewal.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing, done with faith and discipline, is portrayed as accelerating inner and karmic purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana/snana—immersion at Dhanuṣkoṭi.