Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तीर्थांतरं जगामाशु काश्यपीसरितस्तटे । वाडवाः केऽपि नीतास्ते रामेण सह धर्मवित्

Transliteration

tīrthāṃtaraṃ jagāmāśu kāśyapīsaritastaṭe | vāḍavāḥ ke'pi nītāste rāmeṇa saha dharmavit

Translation

അവൻ വേഗത്തിൽ കാശ്യപീ നദീതീരത്തിലെ മറ്റൊരു തീർത്ഥത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി. ധർമ്മജ്ഞനായ രാമനോടൊപ്പം ചില കുതിരപ്പെൺകുതിരകളെയും അവിടെ കൊണ്ടുവന്നു.

Word by Word

• तीर्थान्तरम्: another sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थान्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तीर्थस्य अन्तरम्)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• काश्यपी: of Kāśyapī (river-name)
• काश्यपी: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सरितः: of the river
• सरितः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वाडवाः: horses
• वाडवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• के: some (who/which)
• के: Visheshya (Head noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; प्रश्न/अनिश्चितार्थ-प्रयोग

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• नीताः: were led/brought
• नीताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रामेण: by/with Rāma
• रामेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात, सहार्थक (with)

• धर्मवित्: knower of dharma
• धर्मवित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मं वेत्ति इति)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśyapī-sarit-tīra (unnamed ford)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, the dharma-knower, arrives swiftly at a new ford on the Kāśyapī river; attendants lead a small group of mares to the riverbank as the party prepares for rites.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Kāśyapī (river)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through tīrtha-yātrā—moving from one sanctified place to another with reverence and right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha on the bank of the Kāśyapī river within the Dharmāraṇya circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it indicates tīrtha-travel and preparation for offerings/ritual context at the riverbank.