Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नानेन दानेन तपसा च विशेषतः । गन्धैर्माल्यैर्धूपदीपैर्न्नानाविभवविस्तरैः । रामं संपूज्य सीतां च मुक्तः स्यान्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

tatra snānena dānena tapasā ca viśeṣataḥ | gandhairmālyairdhūpadīpairnnānāvibhavavistaraiḥ | rāmaṃ saṃpūjya sītāṃ ca muktaḥ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

അവിടെ സ്നാനം, ദാനം, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് തപസ്സു—കൂടാതെ സുഗന്ധദ്രവ്യങ്ങൾ, മാലകൾ, ധൂപം, ദീപം, നാനാവിധ ഉപഹാരങ്ങൾ എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് ശ്രീരാമനെയും സീതയെയും സമ്യകായി പൂജിച്ചാൽ—മുക്തി ലഭിക്കും; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• snānena: by bathing
• snānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by bathing)

• dānena: by charity
• dānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by giving/charity)

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by austerity)

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

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Modifier/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘especially’

• gandhaiḥ: with fragrances
• gandhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (with fragrances)

• mālyaiḥ: with garlands
• mālyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (with garlands)

• dhūpa-dīpaiḥ: with incense and lamps
• dhūpa-dīpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समाहारद्वन्द्वे नपुंसकलिङ्गप्रायः — Instrumental plural (with incense and lamps)

• nānā-vibhava-vistaraiḥ: with various opulent arrangements
• nānā-vibhava-vistaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + vibhava (प्रातिपदिक) + vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (विशेषणपूर्वक), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (with various displays/expansions of opulence)

• rāmam: Rama
• rāmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular (object of worship)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ + √pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund ‘having worshipped’

• sītām: Sita
• sītām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

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

• muktaḥ: liberated
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (प्रातिपदिक; √muc क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — Past passive participle used adjectivally ‘liberated’

• syāt: would be
• syāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘would be/should become’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation particle

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — adverb ‘here/in this matter’

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual tableau at the kuṇḍa-side shrine: devotees offering sandal paste, garlands, incense, and rows of lamps to Rāma and Sītā; ascetics nearby in tapas; alms being given to brāhmaṇas and the poor.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through worship, charity, austerity, and sacred bathing at a tīrtha culminates in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā and its sanctified worship-context for Rāma–Sītā in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), dāna (charity), tapas (austerity), and pūjā with gandha, mālya, dhūpa, and dīpa along with offerings.