Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च ये संति गुरुतल्पगतुल्यकाः । ते सर्वे प्रविमुच्यंते सेतुस्नानेन वै द्विजाः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca ye saṃti gurutalpagatulyakāḥ | te sarve pravimucyaṃte setusnānena vai dvijāḥ

Translation

ดูก่อนทวิชะทั้งหลาย! คนเหล่านี้และผู้อื่นใดที่เสมอด้วยผู้ล่วงละเมิดแท่นบรรทมของคุรุ ทั้งหมดนั้นย่อมหลุดพ้นโดยสิ้นเชิงด้วยการอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ เสตุ

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• santi: are/exist
• santi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• gurutalpa-gatulyakāḥ: similar to the gurutalpa offence
• gurutalpa-gatulyakāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + talpa (प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक) + tulya (प्रातिपदिक) + -ka (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गुरुतल्पगति-तुल्यक = ‘similar to the offence of violating guru’s bed’)

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

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• pravimucyante: are completely freed
• pravimucyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vi-√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-भावे ‘are released’

• setu-snānena: by bathing at Setu
• setu-snānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सेतोः स्नानम् = bathing at Setu)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे/सम्बोधन-प्रायः (addressing the audience)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setu Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijās (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred ford: dvijas performing snāna at dawn; the sea glows; a subtle divine presence sanctifies the waters. Figures previously burdened by sin appear relieved, with dark ‘pāpa’ smoke dissolving into the waves.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya amplifies Setu’s saving power: even the gravest categories of sin are portrayed as removable through its sacred bath.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Kṣetra, specifically through Setu-snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Setu-snāna (bathing at Setu) as the expiatory act for gurutalpa-equivalent offenses.