Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तीर्थांतरं जगामाशु काश्यपीसरितस्तटे । वाडवाः केऽपि नीतास्ते रामेण सह धर्मवित्

Transliteration

tīrthāṃtaraṃ jagāmāśu kāśyapīsaritastaṭe | vāḍavāḥ ke'pi nītāste rāmeṇa saha dharmavit

Translation

Eilig begab er sich zu einer anderen heiligen Furt am Ufer des Flusses Kāśyapī. Auch einige Stuten wurden dorthin gebracht, zusammen mit Rāma, dem Kenner des Dharma.

Word by Word

• तीर्थान्तरम्: another sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थान्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तीर्थस्य अन्तरम्)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• काश्यपी: of Kāśyapī (river-name)
• काश्यपी: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सरितः: of the river
• सरितः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वाडवाः: horses
• वाडवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• के: some (who/which)
• के: Visheshya (Head noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; प्रश्न/अनिश्चितार्थ-प्रयोग

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• नीताः: were led/brought
• नीताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रामेण: by/with Rāma
• रामेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात, सहार्थक (with)

• धर्मवित्: knower of dharma
• धर्मवित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मं वेत्ति इति)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśyapī-sarit-tīra (unnamed ford)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, the dharma-knower, arrives swiftly at a new ford on the Kāśyapī river; attendants lead a small group of mares to the riverbank as the party prepares for rites.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Kāśyapī (river)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through tīrtha-yātrā—moving from one sanctified place to another with reverence and right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha on the bank of the Kāśyapī river within the Dharmāraṇya circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it indicates tīrtha-travel and preparation for offerings/ritual context at the riverbank.