Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

कैलासादिपदप्राप्तिकारणं परमार्थदम् । सर्वकाममिदं पुंसामृणदारिद्र्यनाशनम्

Transliteration

kailāsādipadaprāptikāraṇaṃ paramārthadam | sarvakāmamidaṃ puṃsāmṛṇadāridryanāśanam

Translation

ഇത് കൈലാസാദി പദപ്രാപ്തിക്ക് കാരണവും പരമാർത്ഥദായകവുമാണ്. പുരുഷന്മാരുടെ എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും നിറവേറ്റി, കടവും ദാരിദ്ര്യവും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• कैलासादिपदप्राप्तिकारणम्: cause of attaining positions such as Kailāsa
• कैलासादिपदप्राप्तिकारणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक) + प्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—कैलासादि-पद-प्राप्तेः कारणम्

• परमार्थदम्: bestowing the highest good
• परमार्थदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—परमस्य अर्थस्य दम्/दातृ

• सर्वकामम्: fulfilling all desires
• सर्वकामम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—सर्वाः कामाः यस्मिन्/येन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• पुंसाम्: of men; for people
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; genitive plural

• ऋणदारिद्र्यनाशनम्: destroyer of debt and poverty
• ऋणदारिद्र्यनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक) + दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—ऋणस्य च दारिद्र्यस्य च नाशनम् (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Setukhaṇḍa (purāṇic narrator continuing the Setu Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi / Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple offers water and lamps at the sea-tīrtha; above, a visionary ascent toward Kailāsa—snowy peak with Śiva’s presence—while below, broken chains labeled debt and poverty dissolve into the waves.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha can grant both paramārtha (ultimate good) and vyavahāra (worldly welfare) when approached with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Dhanuṣkoṭi tīrtha within the Setukhaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is tīrtha-sevā—especially bathing/observance at Setu—held to yield exalted and practical fruits.