Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

मनःशुद्धिर्भवेन्नॄणां धनुष्कोटिनिमज्जनात् । ब्रह्महत्यायुतं चापि सुरापानायुतं तथा

Transliteration

manaḥśuddhirbhavennṝṇāṃ dhanuṣkoṭinimajjanāt | brahmahatyāyutaṃ cāpi surāpānāyutaṃ tathā

Translation

ผู้ใดดำดิ่งอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ธนุษโกฏิ ย่อมได้ความผ่องใสแห่งจิต; แม้กรรมหนักดุจพราหมณ์ฆาตถึงหนึ่งหมื่นครั้ง และกรรมดุจการดื่มสุราถึงหนึ่งหมื่นครั้ง ก็ถูกชำระให้สิ้นไป

Word by Word

• मनःशुद्धिः: purity of mind
• मनःशुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative)

• भवेत्: may arise / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• नॄणाम्: of men
• नॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• धनुष्कोटि-निमज्जनात्: from bathing/immersion at Dhanuskoṭi
• धनुष्कोटि-निमज्जनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + निमज्जन (प्रातिपदिक; नि+मज्ज् धातोः)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः—धनुष्कोटिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) + निमज्जनम् (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-सम्बन्धेन तत्पुरुष-समासः)

• ब्रह्महत्या-युतम्: (even) ten thousand (sins) of brahma-slaughter
• ब्रह्महत्या-युतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (brahmahatyāyutam = ‘ten-thousand of brahma-slaughters’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/also)

• सुरापान-युतम्: (even) ten thousand (sins) of liquor-drinking
• सुरापान-युतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरापान (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/śraddhālu audience addressed as nṛṇām / āstikāḥ (faithful)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the sea-edge of Dhanuṣkoṭi performing immersion at dawn; distant sandspit and restless waves; a sense of threshold between lands and oceans; ascetics chanting while householders offer arghya.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-bathing (tīrtha-snāna) is taught as a powerful purifier that reforms the mind and dissolves heavy karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi Tīrtha, praised as a place where immersion grants mental purity and sin-destruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana/snana—ritual immersion (bathing) at Dhanuṣkoṭi.