Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एतज्जलाशयं पुण्यं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । रामतीर्थमिति ख्यातं मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

etajjalāśayaṃ puṇyaṃ trailokye sacarācare | rāmatīrthamiti khyātaṃ matprasādādbhaviṣyati

Translation

«Ce réservoir d’eau sacré deviendra célèbre dans les trois mondes, avec tout ce qui se meut et ne se meut pas, sous le nom de “Rāmatīrtha”, par ma grâce».

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative adjective)

• jalāśayam: water-reservoir, lake
• jalāśayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jalāśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—जल + आशय (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• puṇyam: holy, meritorious
• puṇyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• trailokye: in the three worlds
• trailokye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trailokya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—त्रि + लोक (द्विगु)

• sa-carācare: with all moving and unmoving beings
• sa-carācare: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-carācara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—स + चर + अचर (कर्मधारय; ‘with moving and unmoving’)

• rāma-tīrtham: Rāma’s sacred ford (Rāmatīrtha)
• rāma-tīrtham: Pratijñā/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—रामस्य तीर्थम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• khyātam: known, famed
• khyātam: Pratijñā/Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (धातु) → khyāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘called/known’

• mat-prasādāt: from my grace
• mat-prasādāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—मत् + प्रसाद (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘my grace’)

• bhaviṣyati: will become / will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmatīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva gestures toward a shining pond/kund; the waters glow as if blessed; celestial beings scatter flowers; the name ‘Rāmatīrtha’ is implied as a divine proclamation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Rāmatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually potent and universally celebrated through divine sanction and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmatīrtha, identified as a sacred jalāśaya (holy water-reservoir).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit tīrtha practice is suggested (approaching/bathing), though no specific rite is stated in this verse.