Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

संतुष्टः पुत्रसहितो रामनाथं निषेव्य च । धनुष्कोटिं नमस्कृत्य पुत्रेण सहि तस्तदा

Transliteration

saṃtuṣṭaḥ putrasahito rāmanāthaṃ niṣevya ca | dhanuṣkoṭiṃ namaskṛtya putreṇa sahi tastadā

Translation

เมื่อมีใจอิ่มเอมพร้อมบุตร เขาได้เข้าเฝ้าบูชาและปรนนิบัติพระรามนาถา แล้วจึงพร้อมบุตรน้อมนมัสการธนุษโกฏิด้วยความเคารพยิ่ง

Word by Word

• संतुष्टः: satisfied
• संतुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतुष्ट (कृदन्त; √तुष् (धातु) + सम् उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) — ‘satisfied’

• पुत्र: son
• पुत्र: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘accompanied (with)’

• पुत्रसहितः: together with his son
• पुत्रसहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + सहित (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (सहितः पुत्रेण) — ‘with (his) son’

• रामनाथम्: Rāmanātha
• रामनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक; राम + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य नाथः) — ‘Lord of Rāma / Rāma’s lord’ (name/title)

• निषेव्य: having served/visited
• निषेव्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √सेव् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘having served/visited’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• धनुष्कोटिम्: Dhanuṣkoṭi
• धनुष्कोटिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्कोटि (प्रातिपदिक; धनुष् + कोटि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धनुषः कोटिः) — ‘Bow-point (place-name)’

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed/saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त — ‘having saluted’

• पुत्रेण: with (his) son
• पुत्रेण: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय/उपपद (postposition) — ‘with’ (governs instrumental)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-परामर्शक अव्यय (quotative/particle)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘then/from there’

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb) — ‘at that time’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; later verses explicitly shift to Sūta and Sindhudvīpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuskoṭi (Setu-kṣetra limb) with Rāmanātha darśana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-audience/ṛṣis in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, satisfied, stands with his son before the Rāmanātha shrine; then both bow toward the wind-swept sandspit of Dhanuskoṭi where the sea meets the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Dhanuskoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-yātrā combines devotion to the deity (Rāmanātha) with humility and reverence toward the sacred place (Dhanuskoṭi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuskoṭi, associated with the Setu region near Rāmeśvaram, along with the shrine of Rāmanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship/serving Rāmanātha and offering reverential salutation (namaskāra) at Dhanuskoṭi.