Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे महापुण्ये स्नातानां मुक्तिदायिनि । एकांतरामनाथाख्ये क्षेत्रालंकरणे शुभे

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe mahāpuṇye snātānāṃ muktidāyini | ekāṃtarāmanāthākhye kṣetrālaṃkaraṇe śubhe

Translation

Là, en ce tīrtha au mérite immense, dispensateur de mokṣa à ceux qui s’y baignent, dans le lieu propice nommé Ekāntarāmanātha, parure du saint kṣetra,

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• महापुण्ये: very meritorious
• महापुण्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘tīrthe’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महत् पुण्यम्)

• स्नातानाम्: of those who have bathed
• स्नातानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < स्ना (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle used substantively)

• मुक्तिदायिनि: granting liberation
• मुक्तिदायिनि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘tīrthe’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + दायिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < दा (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (मुक्तिं ददाति इति)

• एकान्तरामनाथाख्ये: called ‘Ekānta-Rāmanātha’
• एकान्तरामनाथाख्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘tīrthe/क्षेत्रे’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकान्त (प्रातिपदिक) + रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < आ + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (एकान्त-रामनाथ-आख्यः = ‘named Ekānta-Rāmanātha’)

• क्षेत्रालंकरणे: in the ornament of the sacred region
• क्षेत्रालंकरणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अलंकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षेत्रस्य अलंकरणम्)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘क्षेत्रालंकरणे/तीर्थे’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekāntarāmanātha-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant coastal tīrtha with a Śiva-liṅga shrine named Ekāntarāmanātha; pilgrims bathe reverently, the atmosphere charged with liberation-bestowing sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Ekāntarāmanātha (tīrtha/kṣetra epithet)
• Setu tīrtha
• Gandhamādana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Snāna at a properly praised tīrtha is portrayed as mokṣa-bestowing due to the site’s intrinsic sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha/kṣetra associated with the name Ekāntarāmanātha within the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the mahāpuṇya tīrtha.