Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

योगिनः सनकाद्याश्च नारदाद्याः सुरर्षयः । रामदत्तवरं तीर्थं श्लाघंते बहुधा तदा

Transliteration

yoginaḥ sanakādyāśca nāradādyāḥ surarṣayaḥ | rāmadattavaraṃ tīrthaṃ ślāghaṃte bahudhā tadā

Translation

เหล่าโยคีเช่นสานกะ และเหล่าฤๅษีทิพย์เช่นนารท ครั้นนั้นได้สรรเสริญด้วยนานาประการซึ่งตีรถะอันได้รับพรจากพระราม

Word by Word

• योगिनः: yogins
• योगिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सनकाद्याः: Sanaka and others
• सनकाद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सनकः आदिः येषां ते’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• नारदाद्याः: Nārada and others
• नारदाद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘नारदः आदिः येषां ते’

• सुरर्षयः: divine sages
• सुरर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सुराणां ऋषयः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• रामदत्तवरम्: excellent, given by Rāma
• रामदत्तवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रामदत्त (प्रातिपदिक; राम + दत्त) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘रामेण दत्तम्’ (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष) + ‘वरम्’ (श्रेष्ठम्) विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’)

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्लाघन्ते: praise
• श्लाघन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्लाघ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• बहुधा: in many ways, greatly
• बहुधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma-datta-vara tīrtha (Setu-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sanaka and other yogins, Nārada and devarṣis, standing or seated near the water, hands in añjali, singing stuti toward the tīrtha; subtle aura over the waters indicating Rāma’s boon.

Characters & Entities

• Yogins
• Sanaka
• Nārada
• Surarṣis
• Rāma
• Kapitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When realized beings praise a tīrtha, it signals its capacity to uplift seekers through grace, purity, and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rāma-blessed Kapitīrtha in the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the act highlighted is stuti (praise) of the tīrtha’s greatness.