Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ततस्तु रामतीर्थं च वीररामेश्वराग्रतः । तत्तीर्थस्नानमात्रेण वैष्णवं लोकमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tatastu rāmatīrthaṃ ca vīrarāmeśvarāgrataḥ | tattīrthasnānamātreṇa vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāpnuyāt

Translation

پھر ویر رامیشور کے سامنے رام تیرتھ آتا ہے۔ اس مقدس تیرتھ میں صرف اشنان کرنے سے ہی بھکت ویشنو لوک، یعنی بھگوان وشنو کے دیویہ دھام کو پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-काल/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): 'thereafter/then'

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): emphasis/contrast 'indeed/but'

• rāma-tīrtham: Rāma-tīrtha (the sacred ford of Rāma)
• rāma-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रामस्य तीर्थम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunctive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): 'and'

• vīra-rāmeśvara-agrataḥ: in front of Vīra-Rāmeśvara
• vīra-rāmeśvara-agrataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक) + rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + agratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (locative-adverbial): 'in front of'; तत्पुरुष-समास (वीररामेश्वरस्य अग्रतः)

• tat-tīrtha-snāna-mātreṇa: by merely bathing at that tīrtha
• tat-tīrtha-snāna-mātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य तीर्थस्य स्नानस्य मात्रेण = only by bathing there)

• vaiṣṇavam: Vaiṣṇava
• vaiṣṇavam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (लोकम्)

• lokam: world/realm
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: may attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (typically a sage/kingly interlocutor in Kāśī-māhātmya frames)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps to a small sacred ford labeled Rāma-tīrtha; ahead stands Vīra-Rāmeśvara shrine with liṅga, bells, and lamps; the pilgrim emerges from the water with folded hands as a subtle vision of Vaikuṇṭha appears in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Rāma-tīrtha
• Vīra-Rāmeśvara
• Vaiṣṇava-loka (realm of Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a simple act of tīrtha-snāna, done with faith, is praised as powerful enough to elevate the soul to a divine realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāma-tīrtha, situated before the shrine/area of Vīra-Rāmeśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Rāma-tīrtha.