Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स्वामिंस्त्वयास्मै तीर्थाय दीयतां वरमद्भुतम् । कपिभिः प्रार्थितो विप्रा रामचंद्रोऽतिहर्षितः

Transliteration

svāmiṃstvayāsmai tīrthāya dīyatāṃ varamadbhutam | kapibhiḥ prārthito viprā rāmacaṃdro'tiharṣitaḥ

Translation

«Ô Seigneur, accorde à ce tīrtha une grâce merveilleuse.» Ainsi imploré par les Vānaras, ô brāhmanes, Rāmacandra fut rempli d’une grande allégresse.

Word by Word

• स्वामिन्: O lord/master
• स्वामिन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

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

• दीयताम्: let (it) be given
• दीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be given’

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

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (वरम् इत्यस्य)

• कपिभिः: by the monkeys
• कपिभिः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• प्रार्थितः: requested
• प्रार्थितः: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√अर्थ् (धातु) + प्रार्थित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन

• रामचन्द्रः: Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (रामः चन्द्र इव/‘Rāma who is like the moon’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अतिहर्षितः: greatly delighted
• अतिहर्षितः: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + √हृष् (धातु) + हर्षित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘अति’ सहित

Speaker

Sūta (narration; includes quoted petition of the Vānaras)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha (implied)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vānara leaders speaking with folded hands before Rāma, requesting a wondrous boon for the tīrtha; Rāma’s face bright with delight; the sea and sacred water shimmer as if responding.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Vānara (kapi)
• Rāmacandra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional petition offered for the sake of a sacred place is honored; divine grace responds joyfully when the request serves dharma and the welfare of pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, for which the Vānaras request an additional wondrous boon from Rāma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal boon-request (prārthanā) to the Lord on behalf of the tīrtha; no specific vrata or offering is detailed in this verse.