Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

उषित्वा दिनमेकं तु सपुत्रस्तु पिता तदा । सेवित्वा रामनाथं च सांबमूर्तिं घृणानिधिम्

Transliteration

uṣitvā dinamekaṃ tu saputrastu pitā tadā | sevitvā rāmanāthaṃ ca sāṃbamūrtiṃ ghṛṇānidhim

Translation

Alors le père, avec son fils, demeura là un seul jour ; puis, après avoir vénéré Rāmanātha—Śiva en la forme accompagnée d’Umā, trésor de compassion—

Word by Word

• उषित्वा: having stayed
• उषित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); धातु: वस् (to dwell), उपसर्ग: उत्; ‘having stayed’

• दिनम्: a day
• दिनम्: Karma (Extent/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (कालपरिमाण)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिनम् इति विशेषण

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• सपुत्रः: together with (his) son
• सपुत्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: पुत्रः सह यस्य (one who has his son with him)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• सेवित्वा: having worshipped
• सेवित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); ‘having served/worshipped’

• रामनाथम्: Rāmanātha (Lord of Rāma)
• रामनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; रामस्य नाथः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (epithet of Śiva)

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

• साम्बमूर्तिम्: the Sāmbamūrti (form with Umā)
• साम्बमूर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; साम्बा मूर्तिः इति कर्मधारय (form with Umā)

• घृणानिधिम्: treasury of compassion
• घृणानिधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृणा (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; घृणायाः निधिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha-kṣetra (Rāmeśvaram)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Father and son, now peaceful, stand before Rāmanātha—Śiva with Umā—inside a grand corridor temple; lamps glow, priests chant, and offerings are made; the pair remain in the kṣetra for a day.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha (Śiva at Setu/Rāmeśvaram)
• Umā (implied by Sāmbamūrti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed not only by bathing but by devoted service to the deity—here, compassionate Śiva as Rāmanātha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha at Setu (Rāmeśvaram), within the Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Staying at the holy place and performing sevā/worship (service, reverence, and devotion) to Rāmanātha.