Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । कृत्वा सीतापरित्यागं रामो राजीवलोचनः । लोकापवादसंत्रस्तस्ततो राज्यं चकार सः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | kṛtvā sītāparityāgaṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ | lokāpavādasaṃtrastastato rājyaṃ cakāra saḥ

Translation

সূত বললেন—সীতাকে পরিত্যাগ করে পদ্মনয়ন রাম লোক-নিন্দার ভয়ে ব্যাকুল হয়ে পরে রাজ্যশাসন করলেন।

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• सीतापरित्यागम्: abandonment of Sītā
• सीतापरित्यागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता + परित्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सीतायाः परित्यागः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• राजीवलोचनः: lotus-eyed
• राजीवलोचनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजीव + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (राजीववत् लोचने यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• लोकापवादसंत्रस्तः: distressed by public censure
• लोकापवादसंत्रस्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + अपवाद + संत्रस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (लोकस्य अपवादः; तेन संत्रस्तः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (adverb: then/thereupon)

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter acc. sg.)

• चकार: ruled/administered
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, lotus-eyed, seated on the throne yet visibly burdened; courtiers whisper of public reproach; Sītā absent, creating a poignant emptiness; the king resolves to rule despite heartbreak.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Rāma
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights the burden of rājadharma: a ruler’s actions are portrayed as shaped by the perceived welfare and judgment of society.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it serves as moral-historical framing within the chapter’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes a historical-ethical circumstance.