Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

आगस्त्यं हि ततस्तीर्थं रामतीर्थ मतः परम् । ततो लक्ष्मणतीर्थं स्याज्जटातीर्थमतः परम्

Transliteration

āgastyaṃ hi tatastīrthaṃ rāmatīrtha mataḥ param | tato lakṣmaṇatīrthaṃ syājjaṭātīrthamataḥ param

Translation

Vient ensuite l’Agastya-tīrtha ; au-delà, on tient pour suprême le Rāma-tīrtha. Puis vient le Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha, et après lui le Jaṭā-tīrtha.

Word by Word

• आगस्त्यम्: (the tīrtha called) Āgastya
• आगस्त्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तीर्थनाम)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; अवधारण/कारणार्थ)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — thereafter

• तीर्थम्: a sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रामतीर्थम्: Rāma’s tīrtha
• रामतीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘रामस्य तीर्थम्’

• मतः: considered; regarded
• मतः: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √man (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृतान्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘(तत्) मतः’ = ‘considered/held to be’ (elliptic agreement with implied ‘तीर्थः’)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र विशेषणम् (supreme)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — thereafter

• लक्ष्मणतीर्थम्: Lakṣmaṇa’s tīrtha
• लक्ष्मणतीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘लक्ष्मणस्य तीर्थम्’

• स्यात्: would be; is said to be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• जटातीर्थम्: Jatāyu’s tīrtha
• जटातीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘जटायाः/जटायोः तीर्थम्’ (Jatāyu’s tīrtha)

• मतः: considered
• मतः: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √man (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृतान्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘considered’ (elliptic)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-tīrtha; Rāma-tīrtha; Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha; Jaṭā-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of pilgrims moving between four marked tīrthas: Agastya-tīrtha with a small sage icon and kamaṇḍalu; Rāma-tīrtha with bow-bearing Rāma silhouette; Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha with Lakṣmaṇa holding bow and standing in service posture; Jaṭā-tīrtha with ascetic hair-lock motif and forest elements.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Jaṭā-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Setu landscape is sanctified through saints and avatāra-figures; visiting their named tīrthas connects the pilgrim to exemplary dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agastya-tīrtha, Rāma-tīrtha, Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha, and Jaṭā-tīrtha within Setukhaṇḍa’s principal itinerary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-yātrā and snāna at each named site; no separate vow is specified.