Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

जानकीसहितौ विप्रा ह्यास्तां शोकाकुलौ तदा । सीतया सहितौ वीरौ वानरैश्च महाबलौ

Transliteration

jānakīsahitau viprā hyāstāṃ śokākulau tadā | sītayā sahitau vīrau vānaraiśca mahābalau

Translation

O Brāhmaṇas, da standen die beiden Helden – zusammen mit Jānakī (Sītā) und begleitet von den mächtigen Affen – überwältigt von Trauer.

Word by Word

• जानकीसहितौ: together with Jānakī
• जानकीसहितौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जानकी (प्रातिपदिक) + सहित (कृदन्त, √सह्/√सह्-भावे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), द्विवचनम्; समासः—जानक्या सहितौ (accompanied by Jānakī)

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• आस्ताम्: the two remained
• आस्ताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, द्विवचनम्; अर्थे—स्थितौ/आस्ताम् (let the two be / the two remained)

• शोकाकुलौ: distressed by grief
• शोकाकुलौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), द्विवचनम्; समासः—शोकेन आकुलौ (distressed with grief)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: at that time)

• सीतया: with Sītā
• सीतया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचनम्

• सहितौ: accompanied
• सहितौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त, √सह्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), द्विवचनम्

• वीरौ: the two heroes
• वीरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), द्विवचनम्

• वानरैः: with monkeys
• वानरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• महाबलौ: very strong
• महाबलौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), द्विवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—महद् बलं यस्य (very strong)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in the verse snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa stand with Sītā, surrounded by powerful vānaras; all are grief-stricken, bodies tense, eyes fixed on the fallen devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā (Jānakī)
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Vānara-s

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma includes tenderness: even divine heroes openly bear grief when a faithful servant is struck.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha region, memorializing the Rāma–Sītā–Lakṣmaṇa journey as sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.