Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

गत्वा निवासमकरोत्षण्मासं तत्र स द्विजः । पुत्रेण साकं नियतो हे सृगालप्लवंगमौ

Transliteration

gatvā nivāsamakarotṣaṇmāsaṃ tatra sa dvijaḥ | putreṇa sākaṃ niyato he sṛgālaplavaṃgamau

Translation

ครั้นไปถึงแล้ว พราหมณ์ผู้นั้นพำนักอยู่ที่นั่นหกเดือน พร้อมบุตรดำรงตนด้วยวินัยและสำรวม—โอ้สุนัขจิ้งจอกและวานรเอ๋ย

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• निवासम्: to the dwelling/residence
• निवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अकरोत्: made/did
• अकरोत्: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• षण्मासम्: for six months
• षण्मासम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्मास (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + मास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• द्विजः: the Brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुत्रेण: with (his) son
• पुत्रेण: Sahakārī/Saha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• साकम्: together with
• साकम्: Sambandha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (particle meaning 'together with')

• नियतः: disciplined/observant
• नियतः: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + यम् (धातु) → नियत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'स/द्विजः')

• हे: O!
• हे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हे (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• सृगालप्लवंगमौ: O jackal and monkey
• सृगालप्लवंगमौ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृगाल + प्लवंगम (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (copulative)

Speaker

Siṃdhudvīpa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi / Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa and his son arrive at the sea-edge tīrtha of Setu; they establish a simple hermitage, living austerely for six months while the ocean wind and distant temple lamps frame their discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Yajñadeva
• Son of Yajñadeva
• Dhanuṣkoṭi (implied)
• Sṛgāla
• Plavaṃgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is strengthened by sustained discipline (niyama) and long residence at a sacred tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context indicates Dhanuṣkoṭi/Setu region, where the brāhmaṇa undertakes a prolonged observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A six-month disciplined stay (ṣaṇmāsa-niyama) as part of the expiatory observance.