Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

महापातकनाशाय मुक्त्यै चाभीष्टसिद्धये । भवेत्समर्थं विप्रेंद्रा नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

mahāpātakanāśāya muktyai cābhīṣṭasiddhaye | bhavetsamarthaṃ vipreṃdrā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Untuk memusnahkan mahāpātaka, untuk moksha, dan untuk mencapai siddhi yang dihajati, ia benar-benar berkuasa, wahai para brahmana utama; tiada perlu pertimbangan atau keraguan lagi.

Word by Word

• महापातकनाशाय: for the destruction of great sins
• महापातकनाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापातक-नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महापातकस्य नाशः)

• मुक्त्यै: for liberation
• मुक्त्यै: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• अभीष्टसिद्धये: for the attainment of desired goals
• अभीष्टसिद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीष्ट-सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अभीष्टस्य सिद्धिः)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• समर्थम्: capable, effective
• समर्थम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र विधेय-विशेषणम् (भवेत् समर्थम्)

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O best of brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कार्या: to be done
• कार्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विचारणा’ इति विशेषणम्; भावे कर्तव्यता (to be done)

• विचारणा: consideration, deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Setukhaṇḍa narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuskoṭi/Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprendra / brāhmaṇa audience (explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding proclamation to brāhmaṇas: the sacred kṣetra’s power is affirmed beyond doubt; pilgrims stand calm and confident, offering prayers at the sea-edge shrine-marker.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuskoṭi (implied)
• Vipras (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is presented as simultaneously purifying, liberating, and wish-fulfilling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Dhanuskoṭi/Setu tīrtha (implied from the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named; the verse gives a general assurance of the tīrtha’s efficacy.