Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तच्च रामसरोनाम पद्मिनीषण्डमंडितम् । क्षीरोदांबुधिसंकाशं दृष्ट्वा स्नातः क्लमान्वितः

Transliteration

tacca rāmasaronāma padminīṣaṇḍamaṃḍitam | kṣīrodāṃbudhisaṃkāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā snātaḥ klamānvitaḥ

Translation

Jener See hieß Rāmasaras, geschmückt mit dichten Gruppen von Lotosstauden. Als ich ihn wie den Milchozean schimmern sah, badete ich dort, obgleich ermattet.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• rāma-saraḥ-nāma: named Rāma-saras (Rāma lake)
• rāma-saraḥ-nāma: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāma + saras + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नामधेयार्थक (having the name)

• padminī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍitam: adorned with clusters of lotus-plants
• padminī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padminī + ṣaṇḍa + maṇḍita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kṣīra-uda-ambudhi-saṃkāśam: resembling the ocean of milk
• kṣīra-uda-ambudhi-saṃkāśam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣīra + uda + ambudhi + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• snātaḥ: bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• klama-anvitaḥ: endowed with fatigue; tired
• klama-anvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: klama + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

King (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasaras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant lotus-lake named Rāmasaras, white-blue like the Milk Ocean; the weary pilgrim steps into the water; lotuses cluster thickly around, shimmering in light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmasaras
• Kṣīroda (Milk Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters purify and renew; even physical exhaustion yields to the sanctifying power of tīrtha-snāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmasaras, a sacred lake within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha-lake.