Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तारयेच्च कुलं सर्वं धनुष्कोट्यवलोकनात् । रामस्य धनुषः कोट्या कृतरेवावगाहनात्

Transliteration

tārayecca kulaṃ sarvaṃ dhanuṣkoṭyavalokanāt | rāmasya dhanuṣaḥ koṭyā kṛtarevāvagāhanāt

Translation

ด้วยการแลเห็นปลายคันศร ย่อมยังวงศ์สกุลทั้งสิ้นให้พ้นภัย; และการอาบน้ำ ณ ที่ซึ่งปลายคันศรของพระศรีรามได้ขีดเป็นรอยไว้ ย่อมบรรลุบุญกุศลอันเป็นเครื่องช่วยให้รอดนั้นโดยแท้

Word by Word

• तारयेत्: would deliver/save
• तारयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (कारणार्थक) = optative, 3rd person singular; causative ‘cause to cross/save’

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

• कुलम्: family, lineage
• कुलम्: Karman (Direct object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = neuter accusative singular

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = neuter accusative singular; विशेषणम् (कुलम्)

• धनुष्कोट्यवलोकनात्: from seeing the bow-tip
• धनुष्कोट्यवलोकनात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Cause/Reason/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष् (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + अवलोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः = neuter ablative singular; हेतु-अर्थे

• रामस्य: of Rama
• रामस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन = masculine genitive singular

• धनुषः: of the bow
• धनुषः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्/धनुष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन = neuter genitive singular

• कोट्या: by/with the tip
• कोट्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन = feminine instrumental singular

• कृतया: made, formed
• कृतया: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन = feminine instrumental singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (कोट्या)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) = indeclinable (emphatic particle)

• अवगाहनात्: from bathing/immersing
• अवगाहनात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Cause/Reason/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक; √गाह् (धातु) + अव-उपसर्ग + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन = neuter ablative singular; हेतु-अर्थे

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma-dhanus-koṭi-rekhā-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a marked shoreline spot identified as the ‘rekhā’ made by Rāma’s bow-tip; a priest indicates the sacred line; waves touch the feet; offerings of flowers float on the water.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• Rāma-setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-darśana and tīrtha-snāna are presented as powerful means of upliftment extending beyond the individual to the whole family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāma-setu, especially the place identified with the mark/line made by Rāma’s bow-tip.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāha (ritual bathing/immersion) at the spot connected to Rāma’s bow-tip mark.