Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

जामदग्न्यस्य तीर्थं तु रामस्य च महात्मनः । भासतीर्थं च तत्रैव शुकतीर्थमतः परम्

Transliteration

jāmadagnyasya tīrthaṃ tu rāmasya ca mahātmanaḥ | bhāsatīrthaṃ ca tatraiva śukatīrthamataḥ param

Translation

Il y a la Tīrtha de Jāmadagnya Rāma, le magnanime ; et là même se trouve la Bhāsa-Tīrtha, puis ensuite la Śuka-Tīrtha.

Word by Word

• जामदग्न्यस्य: of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage spot
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

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

• रामस्य: of Rāma
• रामस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• भासतीर्थम्: Bhāsa-tīrtha
• भासतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भासस्य तीर्थम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• शुकतीर्थम्: Śuka-tīrtha
• शुकतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शुकस्य तीर्थम्)

• अतः: thereafter/from there
• अतः: Sambandha (Sequence/Source marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थक अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from/thereafter)

• परम्: next/further
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual narrator addressing brāhmaṇas/sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāmadagnya-Rāma-tīrtha; Bhāsa-tīrtha; Śuka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal tīrtha with a small axe-emblem shrine for Paraśurāma; nearby a quiet grove for Śuka with a peacock-feather motif; Bhāsa-tīrtha marked by a manuscript/poetry symbol; pilgrims perform silent snāna.

Characters & Entities

• Jāmadagnya Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Bhāsa
• Śuka
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā’s sanctity is affirmed by its linkage to avatāric power (Jāmadagnya Rāma) and sage-lineages, making pilgrimage a meeting-point of devotion and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) Tīrtha, Bhāsa-Tīrtha, and Śuka-Tīrtha in the Dvārakā area.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit injunction appears; the tīrtha enumeration supports tīrtha-yātrā and snāna as the implied practice.