Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तज्जलं समुपस्पृश्य हनुमद्दर्शनं कृतम् । ततो रामो हनुमता सह सख्यं चकार ह

Transliteration

tajjalaṃ samupaspṛśya hanumaddarśanaṃ kṛtam | tato rāmo hanumatā saha sakhyaṃ cakāra ha

Translation

Nachdem er jenes heilige Wasser vorschriftsgemäß berührt hatte, kam die Begegnung mit Hanumān zustande. Danach schloss Rāma Freundschaft mit Hanumān.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• samupaspṛśya: having touched
• samupaspṛśya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa√spṛś (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• hanumat: of Hanumān
• hanumat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular) — समासपूर्वपद

• darśanam: seeing (of Hanumān)
• darśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: hanumat + darśanam

• kṛtam: was done / was made
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle/कृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘was done/made’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of time)

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• hanumatā: with Hanumān
• hanumatā: Sahakāraka (Companion/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Companion marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक-उपपद (indeclinable governing instr.)

• sakhyam: friendship
• sakhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• cakāra: made / formed
• cakāra: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd sg)

• ha: indeed
• ha: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta-style narration within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma–Hanumān Saṅgama-tīrtha (implied)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma at a forest-edge tīrtha touching sacred water; Hanumān’s first darśana—humble yet radiant—followed by the gesture of friendship.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Hanumān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious encounters (darśana) arise from dharmic conduct and purity; sacred action prepares one for divine friendship and service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse hints at sanctifying water within the Dharmāraṇya setting, but no named tīrtha is explicitly stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of ritually touching/sipping sacred water (samupaspṛśya), akin to ācamana or purification before an important meeting.