Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

रामसेतौ महापुण्ये गन्धमादनपर्वते । अस्ति लक्ष्मणतीर्थाख्यं सरः पापविनाशनम्

Transliteration

rāmasetau mahāpuṇye gandhamādanaparvate | asti lakṣmaṇatīrthākhyaṃ saraḥ pāpavināśanam

Translation

«Sur le très méritoire Rāmasetu, au mont Gandhamādana, se trouve un lac nommé Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha, un lieu sacré qui détruit le péché.»

Word by Word

• रामसेतौ: at/on Rāma’s bridge
• रामसेतौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रामस्य सेतुः

• महापुण्ये: very holy
• महापुण्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महत् पुण्यम् यस्य (अत्यन्तपुण्य)

• गन्धमादनपर्वते: on Mount Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादनपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• अस्ति: there is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• लक्ष्मणतीर्थाख्यम्: named ‘Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha’
• लक्ष्मणतीर्थाख्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मण + तीर्थ + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: लक्ष्मणस्य तीर्थम्; तदाख्यम् = ‘named’

• सरः: a lake
• सरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• पापविनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पापस्य विनाशनम्

Speaker

Sages (Munis) of Naimiṣāraṇya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous lake on a sacred mountain near Rāmasetu, identified as Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha; pilgrims approach for purifying bath, with the sea-breeze of Setu nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmasetu
• Gandhamādana Parvata
• Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha
• Sarovara (lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma teaches that specific tīrthas are divinely empowered to uproot sin when approached with faith and right intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha (a sacred lake) on Gandhamādana, associated here within the holy ambit of Rāmasetu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: pilgrimage to the site and tīrtha observance (especially snāna/bathing) at Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha for pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).