Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

जजाप कुर्वन्स्नानं च रघुनाथसरोजले । भिक्षाशी नियताहारो जितक्रोधो जितेंद्रियः

Transliteration

jajāpa kurvansnānaṃ ca raghunāthasarojale | bhikṣāśī niyatāhāro jitakrodho jiteṃdriyaḥ

Translation

Il poursuivait son japa tout en se baignant dans les eaux du lac de Raghunātha : vivant d’aumônes, au régime réglé, ayant vaincu la colère et maîtrisé les sens.

Word by Word

• जजाप: chanted; recited
• जजाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

• कुर्वन्: doing; performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘doing’

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of कुर्वन्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• रघुनाथसरोजले: in the lotus-water of Raghunātha
• रघुनाथसरोजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघुनाथ-सरोज-जल (प्रातिपदिक: रघुनाथ + सरोज + जल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative ‘in the lotus-water (lake) of Raghunātha’

• भिक्षाशी: living on alms
• भिक्षाशी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिक्षा-आशी (प्रातिपदिक: भिक्षा + आशी)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘one who eats alms’

• नियताहारः: regulated in diet
• नियताहारः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत-आहार (प्रातिपदिक: नियत + आहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जितक्रोधः: having conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक: जित (कृदन्त) + क्रोध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having conquered anger’

• जितेन्द्रियः: self-controlled; senses conquered
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक: जित (कृदन्त) + इन्द्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having conquered the senses’

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raghunātha-saras (Rāma-tīrtha)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sutīkṣṇa stands waist-deep in the sacred lake, lips moving in japa, mala held above water; his ascetic simplicity—alms bowl, minimal cloth—signals restraint and sense-control.

Characters & Entities

• Raghunātha-saras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna joined with mantra-japa and self-restraint forms a complete spiritual discipline leading toward purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raghunātha-saras (its sacred waters).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna in the lake while maintaining japa, along with disciplined living (alms, regulated diet, control of anger and senses).