Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एवं वरं तु ते दत्त्वा तीर्थायास्मै कपीश्वराः । रामं दाशरथिं सर्वे प्रणम्याथ ययाचिरे

Transliteration

evaṃ varaṃ tu te dattvā tīrthāyāsmai kapīśvarāḥ | rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ sarve praṇamyātha yayācire

Translation

Ainsi, après avoir accordé cette grâce au tīrtha, les seigneurs des Vānaras se prosternèrent tous devant Rāma, fils de Daśaratha, puis formulèrent leur requête.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/indeclinable of manner: thus)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/contrast particle)

• ते: to him
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (to him/for him)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) + दत्त्वा (कृदन्त, त्वा)
• Form: त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• तीर्थाय: to the tīrtha
• तीर्थाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• अस्मै: to this (one)
• अस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कपीश्वराः: the monkey-lords
• कपीश्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कपीनाम् ईश्वराः/‘lords of monkeys’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दाशरथिम्: son of Daśaratha
• दाशरथिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशरथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; पितृव्युत्पन्न-नाम (patronymic)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (कपीश्वराः इत्यस्य)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√नम् (धातु) + प्रणम्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse marker (क्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/then)

• ययाचिरे: they begged/requested
• ययाचिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √याच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha (implied)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Vānara chiefs assembled, hands folded, bowing to Rāma; behind them the sea and the Setu landscape; the tīrtha is symbolically ‘blessed’—a glow over the water.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Kapīśvaras (Vānara chiefs)
• Rāma
• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts culminate in humility and prayer: even powerful beings bow to dharma embodied in Rāma and seek divine sanction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, the tīrtha that has just received a boon from the Vānara lords.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing/reverence) to Rāma is described; the verse sets up a request for an additional boon.