Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

मुक्ता ऋणेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यो धनिनः स्युर्न संशयः । यदत्र मज्जनात्पुंसामृणमुक्तिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

muktā ṛṇebhyaḥ sarvebhyo dhaninaḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ | yadatra majjanātpuṃsāmṛṇamuktiḥ prajāyate

Translation

ผู้คนย่อมพ้นจากหนี้ทั้งปวงและเป็นผู้มั่งคั่งอย่างแท้จริง—ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย; เพราะการอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นี้ก่อให้เกิดความหลุดพ้นจากหนี้แก่บุรุษทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• मुक्ताः: freed, released
• मुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = past passive participle; used adjectivally

• ऋणेभ्यः: from debts
• ऋणेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) बहुवचन

• सर्वेभ्यः: from all
• सर्वेभ्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• धनिनः: debtors/borrowers (those owing)
• धनिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचन

• स्युः: would become / should be
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative) प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person) बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

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

• मज्जनात्: from bathing/immersion
• मज्जनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन (प्रातिपदिक; √मज्ज् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन

• पुंसाम्: of men/people
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम्स् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन

• ऋणमुक्तिः: release from debt
• ऋणमुक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ऋणस्य मुक्तिः)

• प्रजायते: arises, is produced
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present) प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person) एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Brahmakhaṇḍa narrative style within Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṇamocana-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a coastal/riverine ford performing snāna with folded hands, offering water (arghya) and prayers for release from debts; priests guiding sankalpa; a serene tīrtha landscape.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing done with faith can dissolve burdens of obligation and restore inner and outer well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Setukhaṇḍa tīrtha famed for removing debts—introduced as an ṛṇa-mocana (debt-liberating) bathing place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Majjana/snāna—immersive bathing at the tīrtha as the means to attain ṛṇa-mukti.