Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

न्यमज्जयत्त्वां वेतालो धनुष्कोटिजलेऽत्र तु । तत्र मज्जनमात्रेण विमुक्तः पातकाद्भवान्

Transliteration

nyamajjayattvāṃ vetālo dhanuṣkoṭijale'tra tu | tatra majjanamātreṇa vimuktaḥ pātakādbhavān

Translation

ณ ที่นี่ เวตาลได้จุ่มท่านลงในสายน้ำแห่งธนุษโกฏิ เพียงการอาบจุ่มครั้งนั้นเท่านั้น ท่านก็พ้นจากบาปแล้ว

Word by Word

• न्यमज्जयत्: made (you) sink / caused (you) to immerse
• न्यमज्जयत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज् (धातु) + णि (प्रत्यय, causative)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); णिजन्त (causative)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• वेतालः: the Vetāla (spirit)
• वेतालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• धनुष्कोटिजले: in the water at Dhanuṣkoṭi
• धनुष्कोटिजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of/at Dhanuṣkoṭi' + 'water'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

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

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle: contrast/emphasis)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• मज्जनमात्रेण: by mere immersion
• मज्जनमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मज्ज् + ल्युट्) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'mere bathing/immersion'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• विमुक्तः: freed, released
• विमुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• पातकात्: from sin
• पातकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• भवान्: you (sir)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); आदरार्थ 'you'

Speaker

Dattātreya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fearsome vetāla seizes a traveler and plunges him into the sea-waters at Dhanuṣkoṭi; the waters glow with tīrtha-radiance as the victim emerges purified.

Characters & Entities

• Dattātreya
• Durācāra
• Vetāla
• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A powerful tīrtha can purify even when one arrives involuntarily; sacred waters function as dharmic medicine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi—its waters are praised as immediately sin-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna/majjana (bathing/immersion) in the waters of Dhanuṣkoṭi.