Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

भिद्यते हृदयग्रंथिश्छिद्यंते सर्वसंशयाः । क्षीयंते पापकर्माणि धनुष्कोट्यवलो किनः

Transliteration

bhidyate hṛdayagraṃthiśchidyaṃte sarvasaṃśayāḥ | kṣīyaṃte pāpakarmāṇi dhanuṣkoṭyavalo kinaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดได้เห็นธนุษโกฏิ ปมนอตแห่งหัวใจย่อมถูกเจาะทำลาย ความสงสัยทั้งปวงถูกตัดขาด และกรรมบาปย่อมเสื่อมสลายสิ้นไป

Word by Word

• bhidyate: is broken
• bhidyate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• hṛdayagraṃthiḥ: the knot of the heart
• hṛdayagraṃthiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक) + graṃthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हृदयस्य ग्रन्थिः)

• chidyante: are cut off
• chidyante: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √chid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• sarvasaṃśayāḥ: all doubts
• sarvasaṃśayāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वे संशयाः)

• kṣīyante: are destroyed/waned
• kṣīyante: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• pāpakarmāṇi: sinful deeds
• pāpakarmāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (पापानि कर्माणि)

• dhanuṣkoṭi: of Dhanuṣkoṭi
• dhanuṣkoṭi: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanuṣ (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धनुषः कोटिः) — here as first member of compound with avalokin

• avalokinaḥ: of the beholder/one who sees (Dhanuṣkoṭi)
• avalokinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ava-√lok (धातु) + in (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘अवलोकिन्’ (one who beholds), षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धनुष्कोट्यवलोकिनः = धनुष्कोटिं अवलोकयतः)

Speaker

Setukhaṇḍa narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuskoṭi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands at the edge of sea and sky; a radiant fissure of light opens at the heart center, symbolically breaking a knot; shadowy ‘doubts’ scatter like birds; the shoreline’s sacred mark glows.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanuskoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred encounter produces inner transformation—clarity, faith, and the erosion of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuskoṭi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; the act is avalokana/darśana (beholding) the tīrtha.