Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सुतीक्ष्णस्याभवन्विप्रा रामा तीर्थनिषेवणात् । एवंप्रभावं तत्तीर्थं महापातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

sutīkṣṇasyābhavanviprā rāmā tīrthaniṣevaṇāt | evaṃprabhāvaṃ tattīrthaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

Translation

ดูก่อนพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ผลเหล่านี้บังเกิดแก่สุทีक्षณะด้วยการไปนมัสการและบำเพ็ญภักติ ณ รามะตีรถะ. ตีรถะนั้นมีอานุภาพเช่นนี้ คือทำลายบาปใหญ่ได้

Word by Word

• सुतीक्ष्णस्य: of Sutīkṣṇa
• सुतीक्ष्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• अभवन्: became
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• रामाः: pleasing/beautiful
• रामाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘विप्राः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणवत्/समानााधिकरणम् (रामाः = रमणीयाः/सुन्दराः)

• तीर्थनिषेवणात्: from resorting to the tīrtha
• तीर्थनिषेवणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + निषेवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य निषेवणम्)

• एवंप्रभावम्: of such power
• एवंप्रभावम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (‘एवं’ इति अव्ययपूर्वकः)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• महापातकनाशनम्: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महापातकस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Setukhaṇḍa; likely Sūta relating the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sutīkṣṇa (or a sage-like figure) performing reverent tirtha-sevana at Rāma-tīrtha—bathing, offering water, and praying—while the tirtha glows as a purifier of sins.

Characters & Entities

• Sutīkṣṇa
• Rāma-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving and visiting the tīrtha is declared powerful enough to cleanse even grave wrongdoing, as illustrated through Sutīkṣṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāma-tīrtha (in the Setu region), explicitly named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-niṣevaṇa—devoted resort/attendance to the sacred place—is indicated as the means.