Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मार्गमाणो वने भार्यां रामो दशरथात्मजः । पंपातीरे जगा मासौ शोकमोहसमन्वितः

Transliteration

mārgamāṇo vane bhāryāṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ | paṃpātīre jagā māsau śokamohasamanvitaḥ

Translation

বনত পত্নীক বিচাৰি ফুৰোঁতে দাশৰথি ৰাম পম্পা নদীৰ তীৰলৈ গ’ল; শোক আৰু মোহে আচ্ছন্ন হৈ আছিল।

Word by Word

• मार्गमाणः: searching
• मार्गमाणः: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मार्ग् (धातु) → मार्गमाण (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (शानच्/आत्मनेपद-प्रत्यय; present participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agrees with 'रामः'

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular

• भार्याम्: (his) wife
• भार्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• दशरथात्मजः: son of Daśaratha
• दशरथात्मजः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'दशरथस्य आत्मजः'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular (apposition to 'रामः')

• पम्पातीरे: on the bank of Pampā
• पम्पातीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पम्पा + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'पम्पायाः तीरे'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (तीर), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular

• जगौ: spent (time)
• जगौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; here in sense 'spent/passed'

• मासौ: two months
• मासौ: Karma (Extent of time/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन; accusative dual

• शोकमोहसमन्वितः: endowed with grief and delusion
• शोकमोहसमन्वितः: Karta (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक + मोह + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम् + अनु + √इ (धातु) → समन्वित)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (शोक-मोह) + कृदन्त 'समन्वित' (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agrees with 'रामः'

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pampā-tīrtha (Pampā-sarovar/riverbank)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands or sits on the bank of Pampā, eyes heavy with grief, the water calm yet reflective; Lakṣmaṇa nearby, attentive; the landscape suggests Kiṣkindhā hills in the distance, foreshadowing alliance and onward journey to the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Pampā (lake/riverbank)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine heroes move through grief in the world, yet their steadfast quest becomes a sacred path that sanctifies places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pampā-tīra is recalled as a sacred waypoint in Rāma’s journey, within the broader Setu-kathā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse functions as sacred itinerary within the Setukhaṇḍa narrative.