Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तच्च रामसरोनाम पद्मिनीषण्डमंडितम् । क्षीरोदांबुधिसंकाशं दृष्ट्वा स्नातः क्लमान्वितः

Transliteration

tacca rāmasaronāma padminīṣaṇḍamaṃḍitam | kṣīrodāṃbudhisaṃkāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā snātaḥ klamānvitaḥ

Translation

ആ സരോവറിന് ‘രാമസരസ്’ എന്നായിരുന്നു പേര്; അത് താമരക്കൂട്ടങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു. ക്ഷീരസാഗരത്തെപ്പോലെ ദീപ്തമായി കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, ക്ഷീണിതനായിരുന്നെങ്കിലും ഞാൻ അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• rāma-saraḥ-nāma: named Rāma-saras (Rāma lake)
• rāma-saraḥ-nāma: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāma + saras + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नामधेयार्थक (having the name)

• padminī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍitam: adorned with clusters of lotus-plants
• padminī-ṣaṇḍa-maṇḍitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padminī + ṣaṇḍa + maṇḍita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kṣīra-uda-ambudhi-saṃkāśam: resembling the ocean of milk
• kṣīra-uda-ambudhi-saṃkāśam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣīra + uda + ambudhi + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• snātaḥ: bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• klama-anvitaḥ: endowed with fatigue; tired
• klama-anvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: klama + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

King (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasaras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant lotus-lake named Rāmasaras, white-blue like the Milk Ocean; the weary pilgrim steps into the water; lotuses cluster thickly around, shimmering in light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmasaras
• Kṣīroda (Milk Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters purify and renew; even physical exhaustion yields to the sanctifying power of tīrtha-snāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmasaras, a sacred lake within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha-lake.