Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा शिवं दृष्ट्वा धर्म पुत्रः पुरा द्विजाः । अनृतोक्तिसमुद्भूतदोषान्मुक्तोऽभवत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

tatra snātvā śivaṃ dṛṣṭvā dharma putraḥ purā dvijāḥ | anṛtoktisamudbhūtadoṣānmukto'bhavatkṣaṇāt

Translation

Wahai para dwija, pada zaman dahulu Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira), setelah bersuci dengan mandi di sana dan memperoleh darśana Śiva, serta-merta terbebas daripada dosa yang timbul kerana mengucap ketidakbenaran.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: स्ना, अर्थ: स्नानं कृत्वा (having bathed)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: दृश्, अर्थ: दृष्ट्वा (having seen)

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: धर्मस्य पुत्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana/Addressed group (सम्बोधनार्थ/प्रस्तावित श्रोता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अनृतोक्तिसमुद्भूतदोषान्: faults arising from a false statement
• अनृतोक्तिसमुद्भूतदोषान्: Apadana (Source/सेparation) with मुच्-भाव (from faults)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भूत (कृदन्त, सम्+उद्+भू) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष; अर्थ: अनृत-उक्ति-समुद्भूताः दोषाः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta-bhava/Predicate (कर्तृभाव/विशेषण-प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), धातु: मुच्, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अर्थ: मुक्तः (freed)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: भू

• क्षणात्: in an instant
• क्षणात्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal limit/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (context: Śrī Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sea-edge tīrtha near Setu, Yudhiṣṭhira performs snāna, then approaches a Śiva-liṅga shrine; the heaviness of guilt lifts instantly as light and calm surround him.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bathing at a sanctified tīrtha and receiving Śiva’s darśana functions as powerful prāyaścitta, dissolving even the moral fault of untruth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setukhaṇḍa context points to Rāmatīrtha (a Setu-region tīrtha) where snāna and Śiva-darśana are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) followed by Śiva-darśana (beholding/worship of Śiva).