Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एवं वरं तु ते दत्त्वा तीर्थायास्मै कपीश्वराः । रामं दाशरथिं सर्वे प्रणम्याथ ययाचिरे

Transliteration

evaṃ varaṃ tu te dattvā tīrthāyāsmai kapīśvarāḥ | rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ sarve praṇamyātha yayācire

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിന് വരം നൽകി, കപീശ്വരന്മാർ എല്ലാവരും ദശരഥപുത്രനായ രാമനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു; പിന്നെ അപേക്ഷിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/indeclinable of manner: thus)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

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

• ते: to him
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (to him/for him)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) + दत्त्वा (कृदन्त, त्वा)
• Form: त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• तीर्थाय: to the tīrtha
• तीर्थाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• अस्मै: to this (one)
• अस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कपीश्वराः: the monkey-lords
• कपीश्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कपीनाम् ईश्वराः/‘lords of monkeys’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दाशरथिम्: son of Daśaratha
• दाशरथिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशरथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; पितृव्युत्पन्न-नाम (patronymic)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (कपीश्वराः इत्यस्य)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√नम् (धातु) + प्रणम्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse marker (क्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/then)

• ययाचिरे: they begged/requested
• ययाचिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √याच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha (implied)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Vānara chiefs assembled, hands folded, bowing to Rāma; behind them the sea and the Setu landscape; the tīrtha is symbolically ‘blessed’—a glow over the water.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Kapīśvaras (Vānara chiefs)
• Rāma
• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts culminate in humility and prayer: even powerful beings bow to dharma embodied in Rāma and seek divine sanction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, the tīrtha that has just received a boon from the Vānara lords.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing/reverence) to Rāma is described; the verse sets up a request for an additional boon.