Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । रामतीर्थं ततो गच्छेत्पुण्यमृषिनिषेवितम् । तत्र स्नातस्य मर्त्त्यस्य जायते पापसंक्षयः

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | rāmatīrthaṃ tato gacchetpuṇyamṛṣiniṣevitam | tatra snātasya marttyasya jāyate pāpasaṃkṣayaḥ

Translation

ਪੁਲਸਤ੍ਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਰਾਮਤੀਰਥ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਪੁੰਨਮਈ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਰਿਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਸੇਵਿਤ ਹੈ। ਉੱਥੇ ਜੋ ਮਰਤ੍ਯ ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਦੇ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਦਾ ਨਾਸ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रामतीर्थम्: Rāma-tīrtha
• रामतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘रामस्य तीर्थम्’

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (ablatival adverb)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुण्यम्: holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थस्य)

• ऋषिनिषेवितम्: frequented by sages
• ऋषिनिषेवितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + निषेवित (कृदन्त; नि+सेव्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘निषेवित’ = सेवित

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• स्नातस्य: of one who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘स्नात’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मर्त्त्यस्य: of a mortal
• मर्त्त्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जायते: arises/occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पापसंक्षयः: destruction of sin
• पापसंक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पापस्य संक्षयः’

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim party arrives at a quiet tīrtha with steps to the water; sages sit nearby in meditation. The lead pilgrim performs snāna with folded hands, sunlight glinting on the water.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Rāma-tīrtha
• ṛṣis
• snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage joined with ritual bathing at a sage-sanctified tīrtha is presented as a direct means for purification and moral renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāma-tīrtha, introduced as a puṇya-kṣetra served by sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Rāma-tīrtha, described as producing pāpa-saṃkṣaya (destruction of sins).