Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

श्रीरामधनुषः कोटौ स्नातस्य द्विज पुत्रक । महापातककोट्योपि नैव लक्ष्या इतीव हि

Transliteration

śrīrāmadhanuṣaḥ koṭau snātasya dvija putraka | mahāpātakakoṭyopi naiva lakṣyā itīva hi

Translation

โอ บุตรแห่งพราหมณ์ ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระที่ปลายคันศรของพระศรีราม (รามธนุษโกฏิ) แม้บาปใหญ่เป็นโกฏิก็ประหนึ่งไม่ปรากฏให้เห็นเลย

Word by Word

• श्री-राम-धनुषः: of Śrī Rāma’s bow
• श्री-राम-धनुषः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + राम (प्रातिपदिक) + धनुस्/धनुष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रीरामस्य धनुः)

• कोटौ: at the tip/end
• कोटौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• स्नातस्य: of (one) who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना धातु)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (of one who has bathed)

• द्विज: O twice-born
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधनविभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधनविभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्; स्नेहार्थक (diminutive/endearing)

• महा-पातक-कोटिः: a crore (multitude) of great sins
• महा-पातक-कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महापातकानां कोटिः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अप्यर्थे (even/also)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निषेध (negation)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• लक्ष्या: perceivable/noticeable
• लक्ष्या: Kriya-puraka (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √लक्ष् धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्कृत्/योग्यतार्थक (gerundive/तव्यत्-भाव), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-योग्यता (to be perceived)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakyartha-marker (Quotation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• इव: as if
• इव: Upama (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपमानवाचक (as if)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (Emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ निपातः (indeed/for)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Rāma-dhanuṣkoṭi (Dhanuṣkoṭi)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Durvinīta addressed as ‘dvija-putraka’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathing at the sea-edge ‘bow-tip of Rāma’; sins depicted allegorically as dark forms dissolving into light and spray, emphasizing total purification.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• Rāma-dhanuṣkoṭi
• Dhanuṣkoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place connected with dharma and divine presence can transform the pilgrim’s life by removing even the heaviest burdens of wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāma-dhanuṣkoṭi (Dhanuṣkoṭi), the ‘tip of Rāma’s bow,’ famed for its purificatory power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Rāma-dhanuṣkoṭi is highlighted as the key act yielding the stated purification.