Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

मत्प्रसादेन ते सर्वे यास्यंति पुनर्भवम् । नश्यंति सर्वपापानि मत्सेतोरवलोकनात्

Transliteration

matprasādena te sarve yāsyaṃti punarbhavam | naśyaṃti sarvapāpāni matsetoravalokanāt

Translation

‘എന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ അവർ എല്ലാവരും ശുഭ പുനർഭവം പ്രാപിക്കും; എന്റെ സേതുവിനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രത്തിൽ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളും നശിക്കും.’

Word by Word

• मत्-प्रसादेन: by my grace
• मत्-प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘my grace’); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying te)

• यास्यन्ति: will go/attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• पुनर्भवम्: rebirth, return to existence
• पुनर्भवम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष/अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः (‘again’ + ‘becoming’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नश्यन्ति: perish, are destroyed
• नश्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• सर्व-पापानि: all sins
• सर्व-पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (‘all’ + ‘sins’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मत्-सेतोः: of my bridge
• मत्-सेतोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘my bridge’); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवलोकनात्: from seeing; by the sight
• अवलोकनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव+लोक् (धातु) → अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

Speaker

Rāma (quoted within Skanda’s narration; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma-setu / Setu-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims stand on the shore with folded hands, gazing at the Setu line across the sea; a radiant, subtle presence of Rāma bestows grace; the atmosphere suggests sins dissolving like foam.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Setu
• Pāpa (sin)
• Prasāda (grace)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace sanctifies sacred geography: darśana and snāna at Setu are portrayed as powerful destroyers of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāma’s Setu (Setubandha) is exalted as a sight and act that grants immense merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Even beholding Setu is said to destroy sins; bathing there is implied within the vow-context as a high-merit act.