Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

सेतौ सिन्ध्वब्धिसंयोगे गंगासागर संगमे । नित्यस्नानं हि निर्दिष्टं गोकर्णे पुरुषोत्तमे

Transliteration

setau sindhvabdhisaṃyoge gaṃgāsāgara saṃgame | nityasnānaṃ hi nirdiṣṭaṃ gokarṇe puruṣottame

Translation

ที่เสตุ ที่จุดบรรจบระหว่างแม่น้ำกับมหาสมุทร และที่กังคาสาคร—ที่คงคาพบทะเล ได้บัญญัติให้สรงน้ำเป็นนิตย์; เช่นเดียวกันที่โคกรณะและที่ปุรุโษตตมะ

Word by Word

• सेतौ: at the bridge (Setu)
• सेतौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सिन्धु-अब्धि-संयोगे: at the confluence of river and ocean
• सिन्धु-अब्धि-संयोगे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (‘of river and ocean’ + ‘junction’); सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• गङ्गा-सागर-संगमे: at the Gaṅgā-ocean confluence
• गङ्गा-सागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘of Gaṅgā and ocean’ + ‘confluence’); सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• नित्य-स्नानम्: daily bathing
• नित्य-स्नानम्: Karma/Pratipādya (That which is prescribed/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (‘daily’ as qualifier of ‘bath’); प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• निर्दिष्टम्: is prescribed/indicated
• निर्दिष्टम्: Kriyā (Passive predicate/कर्मणि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+दिश् (धातु) → निर्दिष्ट (कृदन्त-भूतकृत्)
• Form: भूतकृत्/क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle) used predicatively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with nityasnānam)

• गोकर्णे: at Gokarṇa
• गोकर्णे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (place-name)

• पुरुषोत्तमे: in the supreme/excellent (place)
• पुरुषोत्तमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुषोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (uttamaḥ puruṣaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying gokarṇe: ‘in the excellent (tīrtha)’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu; Gaṅgā-sāgara; Gokarṇa; Puruṣottama-kṣetra; generic Sindhu–Abdhi saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like procession of pilgrims moving between five famed coastal tīrthas; each vignette shows bathing at shore or saṅgama, with distinctive local deity symbols (Setu/Rāma, Gaṅgā, Gokarṇa-Śiva, Jagannātha).

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Sindhu
• Abdhi/Sāgara
• Gaṅgā-sāgara
• Gokarṇa
• Puruṣottama (Puri)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain tīrthas are perpetually auspicious; daily contact with their waters is a praised path of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu is foregrounded, alongside Gaṅgā-sāgara, Gokarṇa, and Puruṣottama (Puri).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-snāna (daily bathing) is prescribed at these major oceanic/confluence tīrthas.