Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नानेन दानेन तपसा च विशेषतः । गन्धैर्माल्यैर्धूपदीपैर्न्नानाविभवविस्तरैः । रामं संपूज्य सीतां च मुक्तः स्यान्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tatra snānena dānena tapasā ca viśeṣataḥ | gandhairmālyairdhūpadīpairnnānāvibhavavistaraiḥ | rāmaṃ saṃpūjya sītāṃ ca muktaḥ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Dort wird man durch heiliges Bad, durch Gabe und besonders durch Askese—und indem man Rāma und Sītā mit Düften, Blumengirlanden, Weihrauch, Lichtern und mannigfachen Opfergaben verehrt—befreit; daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• snānena: by bathing
• snānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by bathing)

• dānena: by charity
• dānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by giving/charity)

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by austerity)

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

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Modifier/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘especially’

• gandhaiḥ: with fragrances
• gandhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (with fragrances)

• mālyaiḥ: with garlands
• mālyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (with garlands)

• dhūpa-dīpaiḥ: with incense and lamps
• dhūpa-dīpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समाहारद्वन्द्वे नपुंसकलिङ्गप्रायः — Instrumental plural (with incense and lamps)

• nānā-vibhava-vistaraiḥ: with various opulent arrangements
• nānā-vibhava-vistaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + vibhava (प्रातिपदिक) + vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (विशेषणपूर्वक), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (with various displays/expansions of opulence)

• rāmam: Rama
• rāmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular (object of worship)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ + √pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund ‘having worshipped’

• sītām: Sita
• sītām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

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

• muktaḥ: liberated
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (प्रातिपदिक; √muc क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — Past passive participle used adjectivally ‘liberated’

• syāt: would be
• syāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘would be/should become’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation particle

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — adverb ‘here/in this matter’

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual tableau at the kuṇḍa-side shrine: devotees offering sandal paste, garlands, incense, and rows of lamps to Rāma and Sītā; ascetics nearby in tapas; alms being given to brāhmaṇas and the poor.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through worship, charity, austerity, and sacred bathing at a tīrtha culminates in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā and its sanctified worship-context for Rāma–Sītā in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), tapas (austerity), and pūjā with gandha, mālya, dhūpa, and dīpa along with offerings.