Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

राघवप्रत्ययार्थं हि प्रविश्य हुतवाहनम् । संनिधौ सर्वदेवानां मैथिली जनकात्मजा

Transliteration

rāghavapratyayārthaṃ hi praviśya hutavāhanam | saṃnidhau sarvadevānāṃ maithilī janakātmajā

Translation

Wahrlich, um Rāghava (Rāma) volle Gewissheit zu schenken, trat Maithilī Sītā, die Tochter Janakas, in das heilige Feuer, im Beisein aller Götter.

Word by Word

• राघवप्रत्ययार्थम्: for the sake of Rāghava’s assurance
• राघवप्रत्ययार्थम्: Hetu (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव-प्रत्यय-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; राघव + प्रत्यय + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (राघवस्य प्रत्ययस्य अर्थः/हेतुः)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); उपसर्ग: प्र-

• हुतवाहनम्: Hutavāhana (Fire)
• हुतवाहनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत-वाहन (प्रातिपदिक; हुत + वाहन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि/संज्ञा (हुतं वहति इति)

• संनिधौ: in the presence
• संनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वे देवाः)

• मैथिली: Maithilī (Sītā)
• मैथिली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैथिली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जातिवाचक/नदी-शब्द; संज्ञा (Sītā)

• जनकात्मजा: daughter of Janaka
• जनकात्मजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक-आत्मजा (प्रातिपदिक; जनक + आत्मजा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जनकस्य आत्मजा = पुत्री)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītā-related tīrtha (contextual foundation for Sītākuṇḍa/Sītāsaras sanctity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of sages/Brahmins

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā, calm and resolute, steps into a blazing sacrificial fire; Rāma stands in solemn tension; all devas assemble in the sky as witnesses; the scene balances pathos with sanctity and moral clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā (Maithilī/Janakātmajā)
• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Agni (Hutavāhana)
• All Devas (Sarvadevāḥ)
• Janaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth and purity are upheld as supreme; Sītā’s ordeal is portrayed as a public affirmation of dharma and integrity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supplies the Rāmāyaṇa backdrop that undergirds Sītā-associated sacred sites such as Sītākuṇḍa in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No pilgrimage rite is prescribed here; it narrates the exemplary episode (Agni-praveśa) that supports the tīrtha’s sanctity.