Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

जटां स्वां शोधयामास यत्र रामो हरिः स्वयम् । रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमांस्तीर्थाय च वरं ददौ

Transliteration

jaṭāṃ svāṃ śodhayāmāsa yatra rāmo hariḥ svayam | rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmāṃstīrthāya ca varaṃ dadau

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น พระราม—ผู้เป็นหริเอง—ทรงชำระชฏาของพระองค์; และพระรามผู้รุ่งเรือง โอรสทศรถ ได้ประทานพรอันประเสริฐแก่ตีรถะนั้น

Word by Word

• जटाम्: matted hair (locks)
• जटाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• स्वाम्: his own
• स्वाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• शोधयामास: purified / cleansed
• शोधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध्/शोधय् (धातु; शुध् causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive/emphatic)

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दाशरथिः: son of Daśaratha
• दाशरथिः: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशरथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रीमān: glorious, illustrious
• श्रीमān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त

• तीर्थाय: to/for the tīrtha
• तीर्थाय: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṭā-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śuka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, depicted as serene and divine, stands at the ford washing/cleansing his matted locks; Lakṣmaṇa and attendants nearby; the sea and sandbar of Setu in the background; the tīrtha glows as if blessed.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Hari
• Daśaratha
• Jaṭā-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is anchored in divine presence and sacred acts; Rāma’s purificatory act sanctifies the place for all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jaṭā-tīrtha at Rāmasetu, sanctified by Rāma’s cleansing of his jaṭā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied is purification through contact with the tīrtha; the explicit prescription of snāna appears in the next verse.