Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

स्नात्वादौ सेतुमूले तु चक्रतीर्थे तथैव च । संकल्पपूर्वकं पश्चाद्गच्छेयुः सेतुबंधनम्

Transliteration

snātvādau setumūle tu cakratīrthe tathaiva ca | saṃkalpapūrvakaṃ paścādgaccheyuḥ setubaṃdhanam

Translation

ครั้นอาบน้ำชำระที่เสตุมูละก่อน และอาบที่จักรตีรถะด้วยแล้ว ต่อจากนั้นเมื่อทำสังกัลปะ (ปณิธาน) ให้ถูกต้อง จึงควรไปยังเสตุพันธนะ สถานที่สะพานศักดิ์สิทธิ์

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• आदौ: at first/initially
• आदौ: Kāla/krama-viśeṣaṇa (sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सेतुमूले: at the root/base of the bridge
• सेतुमूले: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सेतोः मूलम्)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (contrast/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• संकल्पपूर्वकम्: with a prior resolve/with intention
• संकल्पपूर्वकम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial), नपुंसक एकवचन रूपम्

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kāla/krama-viśeṣaṇa (afterwards)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• गच्छेयुः: they should go
• गच्छेयुः: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सेतुबंधनम्: to Setubandha (the bridge-construction/place)
• सेतुबंधनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सेतोः बन्धनम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (at Setu region) with Setumūla and Setu-bandhana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas / dvijas (implied audience of pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn bathe at a coastal tīrtha near Setu’s root; priests guide saṅkalpa; the distant line of the Setu shoals is visible as they begin the walk toward Setu-bandhana.

Characters & Entities

• Setumūla
• Cakratīrtha
• Setu-bandhana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic pilgrimage is disciplined: purification (snāna) and intention (saṅkalpa) should precede visiting the central shrine-site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setumūla and Cakratīrtha, culminating in the Setu-bandhana site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe first at Setumūla, then at Cakratīrtha; make saṅkalpa; then go to Setu-bandhana.