Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

सेतुस्नानेन धर्मः स्यात्सेतुस्नानादघक्षयः । सेतुस्नानं द्विजश्रेष्ठाः सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

setusnānena dharmaḥ syātsetusnānādaghakṣayaḥ | setusnānaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

ด้วยการอาบน้ำที่เสตุ ธรรมะย่อมมั่นคง; ด้วยเสตุสนาน บาปย่อมสิ้นไป โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ เสตุสนานประทานผลแห่งความปรารถนาทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• सेतुस्नानेन: by bathing at Setu
• सेतुस्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental); समासः तत्पुरुष (सेतौ स्नानम्)

• धर्मः: dharma/merit
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/प्रमेय

• स्यात्: would be / arises
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: अस् (to be)

• सेतुस्नानात्: from bathing at Setu
• सेतुस्नानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative); समासः तत्पुरुष (सेतौ स्नानम्)

• अघक्षयः: destruction of sin
• अघक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अघस्य क्षयः)

• सेतुस्नानम्: bathing at Setu
• सेतुस्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्य (topic)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानां श्रेष्ठाः)

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: granting the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of 'सेतुस्नानम्'); समासः तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां कामानां फलप्रदम्)

Speaker

Unknown (Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice; context not provided in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘Dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ’ explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of pilgrims performing snāna at the sea-tīrtha, priests offering water for ācamana, with inscriptions or symbolic scales showing dharma rising and pāpa dissolving into the waves.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single tīrtha-act—Setu-snāna—is exalted as both dharma-enhancing and sin-destroying, capable of fulfilling aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Tīrtha (Setu), praised for dharma, pāpa-kṣaya, and wish-fulfillment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Setu-snāna (ritual bathing at Setu) as a principal act for merit, purification, and desired fruits.