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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 7

सीताकुण्डमिति ख्यातं जनानां परमाद्भुतम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा नूनं राममवाप्नुयात्

sītākuṇḍamiti khyātaṃ janānāṃ paramādbhutam | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā nūnaṃ rāmamavāpnuyāt

وهو مشهور باسم «سيتاكوندا»، آيةٌ عظمى للناس. من اغتسل في ذلك التيرثا نال راما يقينًا.

sītā-kuṇḍamSītā’s pond
sītā-kuṇḍam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsītā + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सीतायाः कुण्डम्)
itithus (called)
iti:
Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-शब्दः नामनिर्देशे (thus-called marker)
khyātamis renowned
khyātam:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootkhyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कुण्डम्)
janānāmamong/of people
janānām:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
parama-adbhutamsupremely wonderful
parama-adbhutam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; विशेषणम् (कुण्डम्)
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम् (तीर्थे)
tīrtheat the holy place
tīrthe:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsnā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)
nūnamsurely
nūnam:
Nishchaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnūnam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (particle of certainty)
rāmamRāma
rāmam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
avāpnuyātwould attain
avāpnuyāt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√āp (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Unspecified (concluding phalaśruti-style statement within Adhyāya 6)

Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa

Type: kund

Scene: The kuṇḍa labeled ‘Sītākuṇḍa’ with a small shrine; a devotee emerges from the water with folded hands, a faint vision of Rāma in the sky/heart-space signifying ‘attainment’.

S
Sītākuṇḍa
R
Rāma

FAQs

Tīrtha practice is ultimately devotional: purification through snāna is oriented toward attaining the Lord (Rāma).

Sītākuṇḍa tīrtha in the Ayodhyā sacred circuit.

Bathing (snāna) at Sītākuṇḍa, with the promised fruit of attaining Rāma.