Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

इह दारिद्र्यरोगाभ्यां संसाराच्च विमुच्यते । स्नात्वा लक्ष्मणतीर्थे तु सेवित्वा लक्ष्मणेश्वरम् । बलभद्रः पुरा विप्रा मुमुचे ब्रह्महत्यया

Transliteration

iha dāridryarogābhyāṃ saṃsārācca vimucyate | snātvā lakṣmaṇatīrthe tu sevitvā lakṣmaṇeśvaram | balabhadraḥ purā viprā mumuce brahmahatyayā

Translation

ณที่นี้ ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระที่ลักษมณะ-ตีรถะ และบูชานอบน้อมพระลักษมเณศวร ย่อมพ้นจากความยากจน โรคภัย และแม้พันธนาการแห่งสังสารวัฏได้ โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ในกาลก่อน พระพลภัทรก็ยังหลุดพ้นจากบาปพราหมณ์ฆาตด้วยอานุภาพแห่งการปฏิบัติศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้

Word by Word

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• dāridrya-rogābhyām: by poverty and disease
• dāridrya-rogābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक) + roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/करण), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (दारिद्र्यं च रोगश्च)

• saṃsārāt: from worldly existence
• saṃsārāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

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

• vimucyate: is freed
• vimucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• lakṣmaṇa-tīrthe: at Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha
• lakṣmaṇa-tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लक्ष्मणस्य तीर्थम्)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• sevitvā: having worshipped/served
• sevitvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (सेव् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• lakṣmaṇa-īśvaram: Lord Lakṣmaṇeśvara
• lakṣmaṇa-īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लक्ष्मणस्य ईश्वरः)

• balabhadraḥ: Balabhadra
• balabhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: balabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-बहुवचन (vocative or nominative plural); संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः

• mumuce: was released/freed
• mumuce: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• brahma-hatyayā: from/with the sin of brahmin-slaying
• brahma-hatyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + hatyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः हत्या)

Speaker

Sūta (implied narrative voice in Setukhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha; Lakṣmaṇeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous coastal tīrtha near Setu: pilgrims bathe; Balabhadra (white-complexioned, with plough and mace) stands reverently before a Śiva-liṅga shrine named Lakṣmaṇeśvara; sages and brāhmaṇas witness the absolution motif.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha
• Lakṣmaṇeśvara
• Balabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā and devotion to Śiva at a praised site can remove deep afflictions—poverty, disease, and karmic bondage—when performed with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha and the adjacent shrine of Lakṣmaṇeśvara, celebrated in the Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred-geography narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha and sevā/worship (darśana, pūjā) of Lakṣmaṇeśvara.