Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

उपयेमे तदा राजन्रम्यां सीतामयोनिजाम् । कृतकृत्यस्तदा जातः सीतां संप्राप्य राघवः

Transliteration

upayeme tadā rājanramyāṃ sītāmayonijām | kṛtakṛtyastadā jātaḥ sītāṃ saṃprāpya rāghavaḥ

Translation

ثمّ، أيها الملك، تزوّج سيتا البهيّة، التي لم تُولد من رحم؛ ولمّا نال سيتا أحسّ راغهافا أنّ غايته قد تمّت.

Word by Word

• उपयेमे: married/wedded
• उपयेमे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√yam (धातु; यम् उपादाने/ग्रहणे; उपयम्=विवाहे)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• रम्याम्: lovely
• रम्याम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सीताम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सीताम्: Sītā
• सीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अयोनिजाम्: not born of a womb
• अयोनिजाम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-yonijā (प्रातिपदिक; अ + योनिजा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सीताम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has accomplished his purpose
• कृतकृत्यः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta-kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + कृत्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘राघवः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• जातः: became/was born (i.e., became)
• जातः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan जने)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘राघवः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सीताम्: Sītā
• सीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संप्राप्य: having obtained
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√prāp (धातु; प्राप् प्राप्तौ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having done)

• राघवः: Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mithilā (Sītā-janma and vivāha-smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Wedding moment: Sītā garlands Rāma; sacred fire and mantras; Janaka’s dignified joy; Rāma’s serene fulfillment; Sītā radiant, otherworldly (ayonijā) aura.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Sītā
• King (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous life is completed through dharmic partnership; Sītā is portrayed as divinely manifested, underscoring the sacredness of their union.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is praised; the verse centers on Sītā’s divine origin and marriage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse speaks of marriage (vivāha) as an accomplished dharmic milestone.