Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

धनुष्कोटिं प्रपश्यंति तत्र स्नांति च ये नराः । स्तुवंति च प्रशंसंति स्पृशंति च नमंति च । न पिबंति हि ते स्तन्यं मातॄणां द्विजपुंगवाः

Transliteration

dhanuṣkoṭiṃ prapaśyaṃti tatra snāṃti ca ye narāḥ | stuvaṃti ca praśaṃsaṃti spṛśaṃti ca namaṃti ca | na pibaṃti hi te stanyaṃ mātṝṇāṃ dvijapuṃgavāḥ

Translation

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะ ผู้ใดได้เห็นธนุษโกฏิ อาบน้ำชำระที่นั่น สรรเสริญสดุดี กล่าวยกย่อง สัมผัสด้วยความเคารพ และน้อมกราบ—บุรุษเช่นนั้นย่อมไม่ดื่มน้ำนมมารดาอีก คือไม่กลับมาเกิดใหม่

Word by Word

• धनुष्कोटिम्: the Bow’s End (Dhanuṣkoṭi)
• धनुष्कोटिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—धनुषः कोटिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• प्रपश्यन्ति: they behold/see
• प्रपश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• स्नान्ति: they bathe
• स्नान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्तुवन्ति: they praise
• स्तुवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• प्रशंसन्ति: they extol/commend
• प्रशंसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्पृशन्ति: they touch
• स्पृशन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• नमन्ति: they bow
• नमन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• पिबन्ति: they drink
• पिबन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/हेतुवाचक निपात (indeed/for)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्तन्यम्: breast-milk
• स्तन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मातॄणाम्: of mothers
• मातॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• द्विजपुंगवाः: best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजपुंगवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विजानां पुंगवाः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Sūta (contextual narrator in Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣa sages (ṛṣayaḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the wind-swept sandspit of Dhanuṣkoṭi: some bathing at the sea-edge, others offering añjali, touching the sacred ground, and chanting praises; the horizon suggests the Setu line toward Laṅkā.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent contact with a tīrtha—seeing, bathing, praising, and bowing—destroys rebirth and leads toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi tīrtha, praised within the Setukhaṇḍa (Setu Māhātmya) tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-darśana (seeing), snāna (bathing), stuti/praśaṃsā (praise), sparśa (touching), and namaskāra (bowing).