Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तावत्संपीड्यते जंतुः पातकैश्चोपपा तकैः । यावन्नालोक्यते राम धनुष्कोटिर्विमुक्तिदा

Transliteration

tāvatsaṃpīḍyate jaṃtuḥ pātakaiścopapā takaiḥ | yāvannālokyate rāma dhanuṣkoṭirvimuktidā

Translation

Selama belum memandang Dhanuskoṭi Śrī Rāma yang mengurniakan mokṣa, makhluk akan terus terhimpit oleh dosa dan dosa-dosa kecil.

Word by Word

• tāvat: so long; until then
• tāvat: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/कालवाचक अव्यय) — indeclinable of extent/duration

• saṃpīḍyate: is oppressed/tormented
• saṃpīḍyate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√pīḍ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• jaṃtuḥ: a creature; living being
• jaṃtuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃtu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• pātakaiḥ: by sins
• pātakaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• upapātakaiḥ: by minor sins
• upapātakaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upapātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• yāvat: until; as long as
• yāvat: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (यावत्-तावत् युग्मे) — correl. indeclinable ‘until/so long as’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation particle

• ālokyate: is seen/beheld
• ālokyate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√lok (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• rāma: O Rāma
• rāma: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• dhanuṣkoṭiḥ: the tip/end of the bow (Dhanuṣkoṭi)
• dhanuṣkoṭiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanuṣ (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धनुषः कोटिः)

• vimuktidā: granting liberation
• vimuktidā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (विमुक्तिं ददाति इति) — adjective qualifying dhanuṣkoṭiḥ

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuskoṭi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary pilgrim burdened by dark, smoky sin-symbols approaches the wind-swept sandspit of Dhanuskoṭi; in the distance the sea glitters and a subtle luminous ‘bow-tip line’ appears, with Rāma’s presence felt as protective radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Dhanuskoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Affliction by sin is ended through contact with liberating sacred geography, especially via darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuskoṭi, explicitly called ‘vimukti-dā’ (giver of liberation).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasized act is āloka/darśana (beholding) the tīrtha.