Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अतः कोटौ नरः स्नात्वा पापशेषविमोचितः । निवर्तेत्तत्क्षणादेव रामो दाशरथिर्यथा

Transliteration

ataḥ koṭau naraḥ snātvā pāpaśeṣavimocitaḥ | nivartettatkṣaṇādeva rāmo dāśarathiryathā

Translation

Oleh itu, setelah mandi suci di Koṭi, seseorang—yang terbebas daripada sisa noda dosa—hendaklah segera kembali, sebagaimana Śrī Rāma putera Daśaratha telah berbuat demikian.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore; from that (cause)
• अतः: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: ‘तस्मात्/अतः’ (therefore/from that)

• कोटौ: at Koṭi (place)
• कोटौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन = Locative singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन = Nominative singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वकर्म/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having bathed’

• पापशेषविमोचितः: freed from the residue of sins
• पापशेषविमोचितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa-śeṣa-vimocita (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + शेष + विमोचित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular; विशेषण (qualifier) of ‘नरः’; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः ‘पापशेषेभ्यः विमोचितः’ (freed from remaining sins)

• निवर्तेत्: should return
• निवर्तेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (वृत् धातु) + नि
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी = ‘should return/turn back’

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat-kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन = Ablative singular; अव्ययीभावार्थे काल-निर्देशः (time-from)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) = emphatic particle

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular

• दाशरथिः: the son of Daśaratha
• दाशरथिः: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāśarathi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Nominative singular; उपाधि/पितृव्युत्पन्न-नाम (son of Daśaratha)

• यथा: as; just like
• यथा: Upamā-vācaka (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा-वाचक) = comparative particle ‘as/like’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes a ritual bath at Koṭitīrtha and, remembering Rāma’s example, prepares to depart immediately; the tīrtha is shown as calm, sanctified, and rule-governed.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha
• Rāma Dāśarathi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Follow tīrtha-vidhi precisely; the fruit is swift purification, confirmed by the exemplary conduct of Rāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha in the Setu/Rāmeśvaram pilgrimage circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Koṭitīrtha and immediate nivṛtti (return) thereafter.