Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

रामं दाशरथिं वीरमभिवाद्य स मारुतिः । वैदेहीलक्ष्मणौ पश्चात्सुग्रीवं प्रणनाम च

Transliteration

rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ vīramabhivādya sa mārutiḥ | vaidehīlakṣmaṇau paścātsugrīvaṃ praṇanāma ca

Translation

Nachdem Māruti dem heldenhaften Rāma, dem Sohn Daśarathas, seine Ehrerbietung erwiesen hatte, verneigte er sich sodann vor Vaidehī (Sītā) und Lakṣmaṇa und brachte auch Sugrīva seine Verehrung dar.

Word by Word

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• दाशरथिम्: son of Daśaratha
• दाशरथिम्: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशरथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; रामस्य उपाधि

• वीरम्: heroic
• वीरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अभिवाद्य: having saluted
• अभिवाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-वाद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मारुतिः: Māruti
• मारुतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• वैदेहीलक्ष्मणौ: Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa
• वैदेहीलक्ष्मणौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदेही + लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासः; पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार/इतरेतर; रूपे पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), द्विवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: afterwards)

• सुग्रीवम्: Sugrīva
• सुग्रीवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रणनाम: bowed (to)
• प्रणनाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembly of sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanūmān stands with folded hands before Rāma; behind, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa receive his reverence; Sugrīva is shown slightly aside, also saluted—an ordered tableau of devotion and hierarchy.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Māruti (Hanūmān)
• Sītā (Vaidehī)
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Sugrīva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion expresses itself as humility—Hanūmān honors the righteous leaders and the divine couple before acting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu–Rāmeśvaram sacred landscape, where Rāma’s acts are remembered as tīrtha-making deeds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes praṇāma (reverential salutation) as dharmic conduct.