Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

स्नानं कृत्वा यथान्यायं ददर्शाऽथ पितामहम् । जगामाऽथ दिशं याम्यां सीतालक्ष्मणसंयुतः

Transliteration

snānaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ dadarśā'tha pitāmaham | jagāmā'tha diśaṃ yāmyāṃ sītālakṣmaṇasaṃyutaḥ

Translation

Après avoir accompli le bain selon la règle, il contempla alors le Pitāmaha (Brahmā). Puis, accompagné de Sītā et de Lakṣmaṇa, il se dirigea vers le quartier du sud.

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bath, bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); absolutive; ‘having done’

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा/प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘as, according to’)

• अन्यायम्: proper rule, prescribed procedure
• अन्यायम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 3rd sg perfect

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: ‘then’)

• पितामहम्: the grandsire (Brahmā)
• पितामहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 3rd sg perfect

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमार्थक (particle: ‘then’)

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular feminine

• याम्याम्: southern
• याम्याम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with ‘दिशम्’; accusative singular feminine

• सीता-लक्ष्मण-संयुतः: accompanied by Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa
• सीता-लक्ष्मण-संयुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √युज्/युज् ‘to join’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्—‘सीतालक्ष्मणाभ्यां संयुतः’; nominative singular masculine

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis (typical Naimiṣa audience; explicit nearby in 21.1)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, after a disciplined bath at a sacred waterbody, receives a luminous darśana of Brahmā; Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa stand nearby as the party prepares to proceed south.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Rāma
• Sītā
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity performed correctly (yathā-nyāya) culminates in auspicious vision (darśana) and enables continued righteous pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha of Adhyāya 20 is implied, whose snāna leads to elevated spiritual outcomes such as darśana of Pitāmaha (Brahmā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna according to proper injunction (yathā-nyāya).