Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ततस्तु रामतीर्थं च वीररामेश्वराग्रतः । तत्तीर्थस्नानमात्रेण वैष्णवं लोकमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tatastu rāmatīrthaṃ ca vīrarāmeśvarāgrataḥ | tattīrthasnānamātreṇa vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāpnuyāt

Translation

Vient ensuite Rāma-tīrtha, devant Vīra-Rāmeśvara. Par le seul bain en ce gué sacré, on atteint le monde vaiṣṇava, le royaume divin de Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-काल/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): 'thereafter/then'

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): emphasis/contrast 'indeed/but'

• rāma-tīrtham: Rāma-tīrtha (the sacred ford of Rāma)
• rāma-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रामस्य तीर्थम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunctive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): 'and'

• vīra-rāmeśvara-agrataḥ: in front of Vīra-Rāmeśvara
• vīra-rāmeśvara-agrataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक) + rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + agratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (locative-adverbial): 'in front of'; तत्पुरुष-समास (वीररामेश्वरस्य अग्रतः)

• tat-tīrtha-snāna-mātreṇa: by merely bathing at that tīrtha
• tat-tīrtha-snāna-mātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य तीर्थस्य स्नानस्य मात्रेण = only by bathing there)

• vaiṣṇavam: Vaiṣṇava
• vaiṣṇavam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (लोकम्)

• lokam: world/realm
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: may attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (typically a sage/kingly interlocutor in Kāśī-māhātmya frames)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps to a small sacred ford labeled Rāma-tīrtha; ahead stands Vīra-Rāmeśvara shrine with liṅga, bells, and lamps; the pilgrim emerges from the water with folded hands as a subtle vision of Vaikuṇṭha appears in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Rāma-tīrtha
• Vīra-Rāmeśvara
• Vaiṣṇava-loka (realm of Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a simple act of tīrtha-snāna, done with faith, is praised as powerful enough to elevate the soul to a divine realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāma-tīrtha, situated before the shrine/area of Vīra-Rāmeśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Rāma-tīrtha.