Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

स्नानं कुरुष्व तत्र त्वं तल्लिंगं च नमस्कुरु । निःशेषं तेन नष्टा स्याद्ब्रह्महत्या न संशयः

Transliteration

snānaṃ kuruṣva tatra tvaṃ talliṃgaṃ ca namaskuru | niḥśeṣaṃ tena naṣṭā syādbrahmahatyā na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

จงอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้น แล้วนอบน้อมกราบไหว้ลึงค์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น ด้วยการกระทำนั้น บาปแห่งการฆ่าพราหมณ์จักถูกทำลายสิ้น—หาได้มีข้อสงสัยไม่

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bath, bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण (object sense)

• कुरुष्व: do (you), perform
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/त्रिलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (liṅgaṃ इति)

• लिङ्गम्: emblem, sign (liṅga)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• नमस्कुरु: salute, bow to
• नमस्कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘नमस्कृ’ इति धात्वर्थ (to salute)

• निःशेषम्: completely, entirely
• निःशेषम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1/2), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• तेन: by that, thereby
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव

• नष्टा: destroyed, removed
• नष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्महत्या’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

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

• ब्रह्महत्या: the sin of brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• न: not, no
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (implied instruction within the Setu Māhātmya context; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha (implied by immediate narrative context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma (context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-hero stands waist-deep in a sacred ford, water streaming from cupped hands; nearby a simple stone liṅga on a pedestal receives his namaskāra; the atmosphere is solemn, purificatory, and certain.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere tīrtha-snānā and reverent worship of the Śiva-liṅga are proclaimed as powerful means for complete purification from grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region associated with worship of the Liṅga—contextually linked with Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvaram/Setu) in the Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (sacred bathing) and offer namaskāra (obeisance) to the Liṅga.