Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । एभिर्विप्रैः क्रतुं रामः समाप्य विधिवन्नृपः । चकारावभृथं रामो विप्रान्संपूज्य भक्तितः

Transliteration

brahmovāca | ebhirvipraiḥ kratuṃ rāmaḥ samāpya vidhivannṛpaḥ | cakārāvabhṛthaṃ rāmo viprānsaṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ

Translation

ব্রহ্মা বললেন—এই ব্রাহ্মণদের সঙ্গে রাজা রাম বিধিমতে ক্রতু সম্পন্ন করলেন; এবং ভক্তিভরে পুরোহিতদের পূজা করে রাম অবভৃথ-স্নান করলেন।

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वक्ता (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ebhiḥ: by/with these
• ebhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• vipraiḥ: Brahmins
• vipraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (विप्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• kratum: sacrificial rite
• kratum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kratu (क्रतु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (राम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samāpya: having completed
• samāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-āp (सम्+आप् धातु) + य (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having completed)

• vidhivat: duly
• vidhivat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhivat (विधिवत् अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (according to rule)

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (नृप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to rāmaḥ

• cakāra: performed
• cakāra: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• avabhṛtham: the concluding bath (avabhṛtha)
• avabhṛtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avabhṛtha (अवभृथ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; यज्ञान्त-स्नान/समापनकर्म

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (राम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viprān: the Brahmins
• viprān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (विप्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• saṃpūjya: having duly honored
• saṃpūjya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pūj (सम्+पूज् धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having honored)

• bhaktitaḥ: with devotion
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from/with devotion)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avabhṛtha-tīrtha (unnamed, implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā narrates; Rāma, having completed the sacrifice, offers respectful gifts and prostrations to the priests, then proceeds to the avabhṛtha bath at a nearby waterbody with attendants and ritual umbrellas.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rāma
• Brāhmaṇas (vipra)
• Kratu (yajña)
• Avabhṛtha
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma culminates in completion (samāpti), gratitude, and devotion—honoring priests and concluding rites seals the merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred locus where the yajña is completed and the avabhṛtha is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the avabhṛtha (concluding bath/rite) after completing the kratu, and honor the officiating Brahmins with devotion.