Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

मातृतः पितृतश्चैव द्विकोटिकुलसंयुतः । निर्विश्य शंभुना कल्पं ततो मोक्षं समश्नुते

Transliteration

mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaścaiva dvikoṭikulasaṃyutaḥ | nirviśya śaṃbhunā kalpaṃ tato mokṣaṃ samaśnute

Translation

ทั้งทางสายมารดาและบิดา พร้อมด้วยญาติวงศ์สองโกฏิ เขาย่อมได้เข้าสู่ภาวะทิพย์ร่วมกับศัมภูตลอดหนึ่งกัลปะ แล้วภายหลังจึงบรรลุโมกษะ

Word by Word

• मातृतः: from the mother's side
• मातृतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); 'मातृ-तः' = मातृपक्षात्

• पितृतः: from the father's side
• पितृतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; 'पितृ-तः' = पितृपक्षात्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• द्विकोटिकुलसंयुतः: endowed with two crores of lineages
• द्विकोटिकुलसंयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + कोटि + कुल + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः (संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः): द्वे कोट्यौ कुलानां संयुतः

• निर्विश्य: having entered
• निर्विश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); 'having entered'

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कल्पम्: a kalpa (aeon)
• कल्पम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समश्नुते: attains
• समश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setubandha / Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni-puṅgavas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at Setu offers water (tarpaṇa) facing the sea; behind him, faint ancestral figures are shown being led toward a luminous Śiva-loka; Śambhu’s presence is suggested as a radiant liṅga or cosmic form.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through a supreme tīrtha can uplift one’s lineage and culminate in mokṣa by Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-tīrtha (Setu region associated with Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā/darśana leading to Śiva’s realm (no specific act named in this verse).