Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रेण शप्ता सा कपितीर्थे निमज्जनात् । शिलारूपं परित्यज्य रंभारूपमुपेयुषी

Transliteration

viśvāmitreṇa śaptā sā kapitīrthe nimajjanāt | śilārūpaṃ parityajya raṃbhārūpamupeyuṣī

Translation

Проклятая Вишвамитрой, она, погрузившись в воды Капитиртхи, оставила каменный облик и вновь обрела образ Рамбхи.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रेण: by Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• शप्ता: cursed
• शप्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śap (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कपितीर्थे: at Kapitīrtha
• कपितीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapitīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; समास: कपि + तीर्थ (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष)

• निमज्जनात्: from (the act of) bathing/immersing
• निमज्जनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nimajjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

• शिलारूपम्: stone-form
• शिलारूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; समास: शिला + रूप (तत्पुरुष)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), ‘having abandoned’ — Gerund/Absolutive

• रंभारूपम्: the form of Rambhā
• रंभारूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṃbhā-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; समास: रम्भा + रूप (तत्पुरुष)

• उपेयुषी: attained/assumed
• उपेयुषी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-i (धातु) + क्तवतु/लिट्-परस्मैपद-परिणत (कृदन्तवत्)
• Form: भूतार्थक कृदन्त (परफेक्ट-सम्भव/उपेयिवस्-स्त्रीरूप), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘having attained/arrived’, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta in Setu Khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunakādayaḥ (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Kapitīrtha’s waters, a stone-formed being immerses; the stone sheath breaks away, revealing Rambhā restored, radiant and human-like, with tīrtha banks and Setu-coastal ambience behind.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Rambhā
• Kapitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred tīrtha can dissolve even heavy karmic afflictions like a curse, restoring one’s auspicious state through faith and rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, praised in the Setu Khaṇḍa as a purifying bathing-place in the Setu/Rāmanātha sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nimajjana/snānā—immersion (holy bathing) in the waters of Kapitīrtha.