Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

विभीषणश्चतुर्थ्यां तु रामेण सह संगतः । समुद्रतरणार्थाय पंचम्यां मंत्र उद्यतेः

Transliteration

vibhīṣaṇaścaturthyāṃ tu rāmeṇa saha saṃgataḥ | samudrataraṇārthāya paṃcamyāṃ maṃtra udyateḥ

Translation

Am vierten Tithi schloss sich Vibhīṣaṇa Rāma an. Am fünften wurde der Rat und die rituelle Beratung aufgenommen, um den Ozean zu überqueren.

Word by Word

• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• caturthyām: on the fourth (tithi)
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Locus-Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषबोधक-निपात (but/indeed)

• rāmeṇa: with Rāma
• rāmeṇa: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (with; associative)

• saṃgataḥ: joined/arrived
• saṃgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (arrived/joined)

• samudrataraṇārthāya: for the purpose of crossing the ocean
• samudrataraṇārthāya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra + taraṇa + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला (समुद्रस्य तरणम्; तस्य अर्थः) = ‘for the purpose of crossing the ocean’

• paṃcamyām: on the fifth (tithi)
• paṃcamyām: Adhikarana (Locus-Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃcamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

• maṃtraḥ: counsel/plan (mantra)
• maṃtraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• udyateḥ: of (him) preparing/readying (to act)
• udyateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud + yam (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘(तस्य) उद्यतः’ = of one who is preparing/setting out

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāgara-tīra (council shore)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On caturthī, Vibhīṣaṇa approaches and joins Rāma; on pañcamī, the council/ritual planning begins for crossing the ocean—leaders gathered, ocean before them.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāma
• Samudra (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel aligned with dharma transforms obstacles into passages; even adversarial worlds yield to righteous planning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ocean-crossing setting is invoked; no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse notes ‘mantra’ as counsel/ritual deliberation for crossing the sea, without detailing a specific rite.