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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 7

सीताकुण्डमिति ख्यातं जनानां परमाद्भुतम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा नूनं राममवाप्नुयात्

sītākuṇḍamiti khyātaṃ janānāṃ paramādbhutam | tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā nūnaṃ rāmamavāpnuyāt

Được biết đến với danh xưng Sītākuṇḍa, nơi ấy là kỳ diệu tối thượng đối với mọi người. Ai tắm tại thánh địa ấy, ắt hẳn đạt đến Rāma.

sītā-kuṇḍamSītā’s pond
sītā-kuṇḍam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsītā + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सीतायाः कुण्डम्)
itithus (called)
iti:
Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-शब्दः नामनिर्देशे (thus-called marker)
khyātamis renowned
khyātam:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootkhyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कुण्डम्)
janānāmamong/of people
janānām:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
parama-adbhutamsupremely wonderful
parama-adbhutam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; विशेषणम् (कुण्डम्)
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम् (तीर्थे)
tīrtheat the holy place
tīrthe:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsnā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)
nūnamsurely
nūnam:
Nishchaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnūnam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (particle of certainty)
rāmamRāma
rāmam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
avāpnuyātwould attain
avāpnuyāt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√āp (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Unspecified (concluding phalaśruti-style statement within Adhyāya 6)

Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa

Type: kund

Scene: The kuṇḍa labeled ‘Sītākuṇḍa’ with a small shrine; a devotee emerges from the water with folded hands, a faint vision of Rāma in the sky/heart-space signifying ‘attainment’.

S
Sītākuṇḍa
R
Rāma

FAQs

Tīrtha practice is ultimately devotional: purification through snāna is oriented toward attaining the Lord (Rāma).

Sītākuṇḍa tīrtha in the Ayodhyā sacred circuit.

Bathing (snāna) at Sītākuṇḍa, with the promised fruit of attaining Rāma.