Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

इहलोके परत्रापि सेतुस्नायी न दुःखभाक् । सेतुस्नानेन सर्वेषां नश्यते पापसंचयः

Transliteration

ihaloke paratrāpi setusnāyī na duḥkhabhāk | setusnānena sarveṣāṃ naśyate pāpasaṃcayaḥ

Translation

ทั้งในโลกนี้และโลกหน้า ผู้ที่อาบน้ำที่เสตุย่อมไม่เป็นผู้มีส่วนแห่งทุกข์ ด้วยการอาบน้ำที่เสตุ กองสั่งสมแห่งบาปของทุกคนย่อมถูกทำลายสิ้น

Word by Word

• iha-loke: in this world
• iha-loke: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iha (अव्यय) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Saptamī (7th/अधिकरण), Ekavacana (singular); अव्ययीभावः (iha + loke = in this world)

• paratra: in the other world/afterlife
• paratra: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa/viṣaya-vācī avyaya (adverb)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), inclusion

• setu-snāyī: one who bathes at Setu
• setu-snāyī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक) + snāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā (1st/कर्ता), Ekavacana (singular); तत्पुरुषः (setau snāyī = one who bathes at Setu)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Nishedha (negation particle)

• duḥkha-bhāk: a sufferer of sorrow
• duḥkha-bhāk: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā (1st/कर्ता), Ekavacana (singular); तत्पुरुषः (duḥkha + bhāk = partaker of sorrow)

• setu-snānena: by bathing at Setu
• setu-snānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), Tṛtīyā (3rd/करण), Ekavacana (singular); तत्पुरुषः (setau snānam = bathing at Setu)

• sarveṣām: of all (people)
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine) (generic), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/सम्बन्ध), Bahuvacana (plural)

• naśyate: is destroyed/perishes
• naśyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (singular), Ātmanepada

• pāpa-saṃcayaḥ: accumulation of sins
• pāpa-saṃcayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃcaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā (1st/कर्ता), Ekavacana (singular); तत्पुरुषः (pāpānāṃ saṃcayaḥ = accumulation of sins)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Brāhma Khaṇḍa Setu-māhātmya style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Rāmasetu

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim emerging from the sea after Setu-snānā, water dripping, face peaceful; dark ‘pāpa’ smoke dissolving; two horizons shown—earthly home and celestial path—signifying iha/paratra welfare.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmasetu (Setu)
• Pāpa (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna at Setu is framed as a purifier that removes suffering by dissolving accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmasetu, the principal tīrtha praised in the Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Setu-snāna (bathing at Setu) as a sin-destroying rite.