Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कपितीर्थाय रामोयं प्रादादेवं वरं द्विजाः । एवं रामेण दत्ते तु वरे तत्र कुतूहलात्

Transliteration

kapitīrthāya rāmoyaṃ prādādevaṃ varaṃ dvijāḥ | evaṃ rāmeṇa datte tu vare tatra kutūhalāt

Translation

ดูก่อนทวิชะทั้งหลาย พระรามองค์นี้ได้ประทานพรเช่นนั้นแก่กปิตีรถะ ครั้นเมื่อพระรามประทานพรแล้ว ที่นั้นก็เกิดความพิศวงใคร่รู้ขึ้น

Word by Word

• kapi-tīrthāya: to the Kapi-tīrtha (monkeys’ sacred place)
• kapi-tīrthāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapi (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (kapīnāṃ tīrtham)

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ayam: this
• ayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘rāmaḥ’ इति विशेषणम्

• prādāt: gave
• prādāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (thus/in this manner)

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — सम्बोधनार्थे (vocative sense)

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• rāmeṇa: by Rāma
• rāmeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• datte: when (it was) given
• datte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (धातु) → datta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘vare’ इत्यस्मिन् सति (locative absolute sense)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (but/indeed)

• vare: in/with regard to the boon
• vare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — देशवाचक (there)

• kutūhalāt: out of curiosity
• kutūhalāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kutūhala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: addressing dvijāḥ within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma’s boon just concluded; brāhmaṇas and celestial beings gather, faces turned in inquisitive wonder; the tīrtha shimmers as if newly empowered; a storyteller-sage prepares to continue the account.

Characters & Entities

• Kapitīrtha
• Rāma
• Dvija (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine sanctification (vara) establishes a tīrtha’s enduring power, drawing beings toward dharma through wonder and inquiry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha in the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; it frames the narrative context for the tīrtha’s boons and ensuing visitation.