Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स्मृतिमात्रेण यत्पुंसां सर्वपापनिषूदनम् । लीलया धनुषः कोट्या स्वयं रामेण निर्मितम्

Transliteration

smṛtimātreṇa yatpuṃsāṃ sarvapāpaniṣūdanam | līlayā dhanuṣaḥ koṭyā svayaṃ rāmeṇa nirmitam

Translation

สถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น เพียงระลึกถึงก็ทำลายบาปทั้งปวงของมนุษย์ได้—พระรามทรงสร้างขึ้นเองอย่างง่ายดาย ด้วยปลายคันศรของพระองค์

Word by Word

• स्मृतिमात्रेण: by mere remembrance
• स्मृतिमात्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्मृतेः मात्रम्)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-विशेषणम्

• पुंसाम्: of men/people
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सर्वपापनिषूदनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापनिषूदनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + निषूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां निषूदनम्)

• लीलया: playfully; with ease
• लीलया: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• धनुषः: of the bow
• धनुषः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन

• कोट्या: with the tip/end
• कोट्या: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (emphatic/adverb)

• रामेण: by Rama
• रामेण: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• निर्मितम्: made/constructed
• निर्मितम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-√मा (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थकः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Rāma-setu (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands at the shore/liminal sandbank of Setu, calm and radiant, touching the earth with the tip of his bow as the sacred spot manifests; devas subtly witness the miracle of effortless creation.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can be so great that even remembrance (smṛti) is said to burn away sins, emphasizing faith and sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha, a sacred water-source associated with Rāma’s bow-tip, within the Setu/Gandhamādana tīrtha cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights smaraṇa (remembrance) as spiritually efficacious.