Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

माघमासे धनुष्कोटौ दशपंचदिनानि यः । स्नानं करोति मनुजः स वैकुंठमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

māghamāse dhanuṣkoṭau daśapaṃcadināni yaḥ | snānaṃ karoti manujaḥ sa vaikuṃṭhamavāpnuyāt

Translation

ในเดือนมาฆะ ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระบาป ณ ธนุษโกฏิสิบห้าวัน ผู้นั้นย่อมบรรลุไวกุณฐะ

Word by Word

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघमास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• धनुष्कोटौ: at Dhanuṣkoṭi
• धनुष्कोटौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• दशपञ्चदिनानि: for fifteen days
• दशपञ्चदिनानि: Karma (Measure of time/कालपरिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + पञ्च + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कालपरिमाण (accusative of duration)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• करोति: does
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• मनुजः: a person
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; निर्देश (correlative pronoun)

• वैकुण्ठम्: Vaikuṇṭha (Viṣṇu’s abode)
• वैकुण्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• अवाप्नुयात्: should attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa māhātmya discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Fifteen-day vow: pilgrims marking days with a small calendar of shells/pebbles; after snāna, a vision of Vaikuṇṭha—Viṣṇu on Garuḍa or on Śeṣa—appears in the sky as a blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Dhanuṣkoṭi
• Vaikuṇṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained tīrtha observance (multi-day snāna) is praised as a direct path to the highest spiritual destination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuṣkoṭi at Setu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Dhanuṣkoṭi for fifteen days during the month of Māgha.