Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पुनस्त्रेतायुगे प्राप्ते तौ देवौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । तत्र तीर्थे पुनः स्नात्वा रावणो दुर्जयो हतः

Transliteration

punastretāyuge prāpte tau devau rāmalakṣmaṇau | tatra tīrthe punaḥ snātvā rāvaṇo durjayo hataḥ

Translation

Als dann das Tretā-Yuga anbrach, wurden jene beiden Göttlichen zu Rāma und Lakṣmaṇa; und nachdem sie erneut an jener Tīrtha gebadet hatten, wurde Rāvaṇa, der als unbesiegbar galt, erschlagen.

Word by Word

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (adverb: again)

• tretā-yuge: in the Tretā age
• tretā-yuge: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tretā (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tretāyāḥ yuge)

• prāpte: when (it) had come/arrived
• prāpte: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp आप् (धातु) → prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle used locatively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘(युगे) प्राप्ते’ = ‘when (the age) had arrived’ (locative absolute)

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; संकेतवाचक सर्वनाम

• devau: the two divine ones
• devau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन

• rāma-lakṣmaṇau: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
• rāma-lakṣmaṇau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: there)

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (adverb: again)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘स्नात्वा’ = ‘having bathed’

• rāvaṇaḥ: Rāvaṇa
• rāvaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• durjayaḥ: hard to conquer
• durjayaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘दुर्जयः’ = ‘यः दुर्जयः (परैः)’ = hard to conquer; विशेषणम् (qualifies rāvaṇaḥ)

• hataḥ: was slain
• hataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han हन् (धातु) → hata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘(रावणः) हतः’ = ‘was slain’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yojaneśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa bathe at the tīrtha; the scene foreshadows or symbolically includes Rāvaṇa’s defeat; overlay of Nara–Nārāyaṇa identity as a subtle divine double-image.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāvaṇa
• Yojaneśvara Tīrtha
• Tretā Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing (snāna) at a celebrated tīrtha is presented as strengthening dharma and aiding the fulfillment of divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha at Yojaneśvara, credited with empowering the divine mission associated with Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is explicitly mentioned.