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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीराम उवाच । भगवन्यानि तीर्थानि सेवितानि त्वया विभो । एतेषां परमं तीर्थं तन्ममाचक्ष्व मानद

Transliteration

śrīrāma uvāca | bhagavanyāni tīrthāni sevitāni tvayā vibho | eteṣāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ tanmamācakṣva mānada

Translation

Śrī Rāma dit : Ô Bienheureux, ô Seigneur tout-puissant—toi qui as visité et honoré tant de tīrthas sacrés, révèle-moi, ô dispensateur d’honneur, lequel d’entre eux est le tīrtha suprême.

Word by Word
श्रीरामःŚrī Rāma
श्रीरामः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
भगवन्O Lord
भगवन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
यानिwhich
यानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
तीर्थानिpilgrimage places
तीर्थानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
सेवितानिserved/visited
सेवितानि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसेव् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्री (सर्वनाम), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
विभोO mighty one
विभो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
एतेषाम्of these
एतेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसक/पुं (सर्वनाम), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)
तीर्थम्pilgrimage place
तीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
ममto me / of me
मम:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
आचक्ष्वtell, explain
आचक्ष्व:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + चक्ष् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
मानदO giver of honor
मानद:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमानद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

Śrī Rāma

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vasiṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrī Rāma, composed and reverent, questions the sage about the highest tīrtha; a forest-āśrama setting with ascetics, water-pot (kamaṇḍalu), and prayerful posture.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī Rāma
T
Tīrtha

FAQs

A sincere seeker should approach a realized guide and inquire about the highest means of purification through tīrtha and dharma.

This verse introduces the inquiry; the specific tīrtha is identified in the subsequent verses (notably the Narmadā and Gaṅgā).

No ritual is prescribed here; it is a request for authoritative instruction about the सर्वोत्तम तीर्थ (supreme tīrtha).

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