Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

रामस्य सव्यपार्श्वे तु सपद्मा श्रीः समाश्रिता । दक्षिणे ह्रीर्विशालाक्षी व्यवसायस्तथाग्रतः

Transliteration

rāmasya savyapārśve tu sapadmā śrīḥ samāśritā | dakṣiṇe hrīrviśālākṣī vyavasāyastathāgrataḥ

Translation

عن يسار راما قامت شري (لاكشمي) مع زهرة اللوتس؛ وعن يمينه هري واسعة العينين، رمز الحياء؛ وأمامه سار فيافاسايا، العزمُ على السعي الثابت.

Word by Word

• रामस्य: of Rāma
• रामस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सव्य-पार्श्वे: on the left side
• सव्य-पार्श्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘सव्यं पार्श्वम्’ (on the left side)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• स-पद्मा: lotus-bearing
• स-पद्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययप्राय) + पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः — ‘पद्मं यस्याः सा’ (she who has a lotus)

• श्रीः: Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• श्रीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• समाश्रिता: has taken refuge/attended
• समाश्रिता: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे — ‘समाश्रिता’ (having resorted/attended)

• दक्षिणे: on the right (side)
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘दक्षिणे (पार्श्वे)’ (on the right)

• ह्रीः: Modesty (Hrī)
• ह्रीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विशाल-अक्षी: wide-eyed
• विशाल-अक्षी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः — ‘विशाले अक्षिणी यस्याः सा’ (wide-eyed)

• व्यवसायः: Resolve/Determination
• व्यवसायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवसाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘तथा’ (likewise/also)

• अग्रतः: in front
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘अग्रतः’ (in front)

Speaker

Narrator (within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal yet otherworldly procession: Rāma at center, with lotus-bearing Śrī at his left, wide-eyed Hrī at his right, and Vyavasāya leading before—each as luminous deities/attendants embodying virtues.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Śrī
• Padma (lotus)
• Hrī
• Vyavasāya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where dharma is complete, divine fortune, modesty, and steadfast resolve naturally accompany the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, depicted as the realm where virtues appear as living attendants of Rāma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction; the verse conveys symbolic theology—virtues personified as part of the sacred procession.