Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

ग्रस्ता भवंति विप्रेंद्रास्तेऽपि चात्र निमज्जनात् । धनुष्कोटौ विमुक्ताः स्युः सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्

Transliteration

grastā bhavaṃti vipreṃdrāste'pi cātra nimajjanāt | dhanuṣkoṭau vimuktāḥ syuḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham

Translation

…แม้ถูกครอบงำอยู่ก็ตาม โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ ด้วยการจุ่มกายลง ณ ที่นี้ เขาทั้งหลายก็จักพ้นพันธนาการ ณ ธนุษโกฏิ ข้ากล่าวความจริง—ความจริงแท้

Word by Word

• ग्रस्ताः: seized/afflicted
• ग्रस्ताः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भवन्ति: become/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः) संबोधनार्थे (vocative-sense)

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

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

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• निमज्जनात्: from (the act of) immersion/bathing
• निमज्जनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमज्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; कारणे (cause)

• धनुष्कोटौ: at Dhanuṣkoṭi
• धनुष्कोटौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष् + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धनुषः कोटिः)

• विमुक्ताः: freed/released
• विमुक्ताः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्युः: would be/shall be
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as emphatic accusative)

• सत्यम्: truth indeed
• सत्यम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल (emphatic repetition)

• वदामि: I say
• वदामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Dharmagupta (as the ‘aham’ making a sworn assertion, within the narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (addressed as ‘viprendra’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Dhanuṣkoṭi’s shore, devotees immerse in the sea; afflicted persons emerge calm and freed, while the speaker raises a hand in oath, repeating ‘satyaṃ satyaṃ’.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmagupta
• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text asserts with oath-like emphasis that divine grace operates through tīrtha-immersion to liberate sufferers from oppressive afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi, praised as a place where ritual immersion grants release from severe disturbances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana (ritual immersion/dipping) at Dhanuṣkoṭi as the remedy for afflictions attributed to madness, epilepsy, and evil grahas.