Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

एवं प्रतिगृहीतापि तत्तुल्यफलमश्नुते । याचतः सेतुयात्रार्थं न प्रतिग्रहकल्मषम्

Transliteration

evaṃ pratigṛhītāpi tattulyaphalamaśnute | yācataḥ setuyātrārthaṃ na pratigrahakalmaṣam

Translation

ดังนี้ แม้เมื่อรับการอุปถัมภ์แล้ว ก็ยังเสวยผลบุญเสมอเท่ากันนั้น ผู้ที่ขอเพียงเพื่อการจาริกไปสู่เสตุ ย่อมไม่มีมลทินแห่งบาปจากการรับทาน (ปฤติกฺรหะ)

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• प्रतिगृहीता: accepted/received
• प्रतिगृहीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह् (धातु) → प्रतिगृहीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• तत्-तुल्य-फलम्: a result equal to that
• तत्-तुल्य-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (तत्सदृशं फलम्)

• अश्नुते: attains
• अश्नुते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• याचतः: of the one who asks/begs
• याचतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याच् (धातु) → याचत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘याचतः’ = ‘of one who begs’

• सेतु-यात्रा-अर्थम्: for the purpose of the Setu pilgrimage
• सेतु-यात्रा-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सेतुयात्रायाः अर्थः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• प्रतिग्रह-कल्मषम्: the taint/sin of accepting gifts
• प्रतिग्रह-कल्मषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (प्रतिग्रहस्य कल्मषम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setu-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poor pilgrim respectfully requesting minimal travel support, a householder offering coins/food with reverence; above them, a symbolic ‘Setu’ shines, indicating shared merit and absence of stain.

Characters & Entities

• Setu (Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the motive is purely dharmic—undertaking a tirtha-yātrā—receiving support does not spiritually taint the seeker.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvaram), for whose pilgrimage even requesting aid is framed as blameless when intention is pure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Requesting and accepting alms specifically for Setu-yātrā is declared free from pratigraha-doṣa (the blemish of receiving).