Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

कपितीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं प्रशंसन्ती पुनःपुनः । निषेव्य रामनाथं च शंकरं शशिभूषणम्

Transliteration

kapitīrthasya māhātmyaṃ praśaṃsantī punaḥpunaḥ | niṣevya rāmanāthaṃ ca śaṃkaraṃ śaśibhūṣaṇam

Translation

കപിതീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം വീണ്ടുംവീണ്ടും പുകഴ്ത്തി, ചന്ദ്രഭൂഷണനായ ശങ്കരൻ—രാമനാഥനെ—അവൾ ആരാധിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• कपितीर्थस्य: of Kapitīrtha
• कपितीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapitīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular; समास: कपि + तीर्थ (तत्पुरुष)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशंसन्ती: praising
• प्रशंसन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-śaṃs (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Present active participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय — Adverb ‘again’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय — Adverb (repetition for emphasis)

• निषेव्य: having worshipped/served
• निषेव्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to implied motion)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-ṣev (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त) — Gerund ‘having served/visited’

• रामनाथम्: Rāmanātha (Lord of Rāma)
• रामनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; समास: रामस्य नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात — Conjunction

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शशिभूषणम्: whose ornament is the moon
• शशिभूषणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaśi-bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; विशेषण; समास: शशि + भूषण (तत्पुरुष: ‘moon-ornamented’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta in Setu Khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha (with Rāmanātha darśana as completion)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rambhā, hands folded, repeatedly praising Kapitīrtha; then she offers worship at Rāmanātha—Śiva with crescent moon—within a temple setting near the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Rāmanātha
• Śaṅkara
• Śaśibhūṣaṇa (Śiva epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-fruit is completed by devotion: after purification, one should praise the place and worship Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, alongside the Setu-region Śiva shrine named Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvaram tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (praising the tīrtha) and sevā/arcana (worship) of Rāmanātha Śiva.