Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

रामनाथं महादेवं सेवितुं वर्तते सदा । तत्र स्नात्वा नराः सर्वे सर्वपातकवर्जिताः

Transliteration

rāmanāthaṃ mahādevaṃ sevituṃ vartate sadā | tatra snātvā narāḥ sarve sarvapātakavarjitāḥ

Translation

พระรามนาถะมหาเทวะสถิตอยู่ที่นั่นเสมอเพื่อการบูชา ครั้นมนุษย์ทั้งหลายอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้นแล้ว ย่อมปราศจากบาปกรรมทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• रामनाथम्: Rāmanātha
• रामनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘Rāma’s lord’/‘Lord of Rāma’)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva
• महादेवम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (‘great’ + ‘god’)

• सेवितुम्: to serve
• सेवितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive/तुमर्थक), परस्मैपदी; ‘to serve’

• वर्तते: remains/engages (is devoted)
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), ‘having bathed’

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘नराः’)

• सर्वपातकवर्जिताः: free from all sins
• सर्वपातकवर्जिताः: Predicate (Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + वर्जित (वर्ज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘all sins’ + ‘devoid of’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha-tīrtha (contextual ‘tatra’ shrine)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprā (addressed earlier in the sequence) / dvija audience implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga shrine of Rāmanātha Mahādeva near a mountain tīrtha; pilgrims approach after bathing, carrying water pots for abhiṣeka; the deity’s presence is depicted as ever-awake and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha (Śiva)
• Mahādeva
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage culminates in devotion: tīrtha-snāna is joined with direct worship of Śiva as Rāmanātha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha Mahādeva’s sacred site in the Setu region (identified in tradition with Rāmeśvaram).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha and worship/serving (sevā) of Rāmanātha Mahādeva.