Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स्नात्वाचम्य विशुद्धात्मा कृतनित्यविधिः सुधीः । रामनाथस्य तुष्ट्यर्थं प्रीत्यर्थं राघवस्य च

Transliteration

snātvācamya viśuddhātmā kṛtanityavidhiḥ sudhīḥ | rāmanāthasya tuṣṭyarthaṃ prītyarthaṃ rāghavasya ca

Translation

Nachdem er gebadet und zur Reinigung Ācamana vollzogen hat, innerlich geläutert und die täglichen Pflicht-riten verrichtet, handelt der weise Pilger zur Zufriedenheit Rāmanāthas und auch zur Freude Rāghavas.

Word by Word

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘स्नात्वा’ (having bathed)

• ācamya: having performed ācamana
• ācamya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+cam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘आचम्य’ (having sipped water ritually)

• viśuddhātmā: one whose self is purified
• viśuddhātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśuddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘विशुद्धः आत्मा यस्य सः’

• kṛtanityavidhiḥ: one who has done the daily duties
• kṛtanityavidhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + nitya (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘कृतः नित्यविधिः येन सः’ (one who has performed daily rites)

• sudhīḥ: the wise person
• sudhīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; इकारान्त-प्रातिपदिक

• rāmanāthasya: of Rāmanātha (Lord of Rāma)
• rāmanāthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘रामस्य नाथः’

• tuṣṭyartham: for (his) satisfaction
• tuṣṭyartham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (for the sake of satisfaction)

• prītyartham: for (his) pleasure
• prītyartham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (for the sake of pleasure/affection)

• rāghavasya: of Rāghava (Rāma)
• rāghavasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing the yātrā-krama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha at Setu-kṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijās/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a pilgrim emerges from a sacred bath, performs ācamanam with cupped hands, then walks toward the Rāmanātha shrine; a subtle presence of Rāma is suggested—either as an icon or as a devotee’s inner focus.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Rāghava (Rāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage begins with inner and outer purity and faithful observance of daily dharma, offered to the deity with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram, centered on Rāmanātha and the remembrance of Rāghava (Rāma).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), ācamana, and completion of nitya-vidhi (daily obligatory rites) before worship.