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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

रामराम महाबाहो या त्वया वसुधा च नः । वाजिमेधे मखे दत्ता क्षत्रियैः सा हता बलात् । तस्मान्नो देहि तां भूयो हत्वा तान्क्षत्रियाधमान् । कुरु श्रेयोऽभिवृद्धिं तां यद्यस्ति तव पौरुषम्

Transliteration

rāmarāma mahābāho yā tvayā vasudhā ca naḥ | vājimedhe makhe dattā kṣatriyaiḥ sā hatā balāt | tasmānno dehi tāṃ bhūyo hatvā tānkṣatriyādhamān | kuru śreyo'bhivṛddhiṃ tāṃ yadyasti tava pauruṣam

Translation

Rāma, Rāma, Mächtigarmiger! Die Erde, die du uns beim Aśvamedha-Opfer gewährt hast, wurde von den Kṣatriyas gewaltsam weggenommen. Gib sie uns daher wieder zurück, nachdem du diese niederträchtigen Kṣatriyas getötet hast. Sichere unser Wohlergehen, wenn deine Tapferkeit wahrhaftig ist.

Word by Word
रामO Rāma
राम:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative masculine singular
रामO Rāma
राम:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative masculine singular (repetition for emphasis)
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक; महा + बाहु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative masculine singular
याwhich (she)
या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; relative pronoun feminine nominative singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्री (सर्वनाम), तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental singular
वसुधाthe earth
वसुधा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction
नःof us / our
नः:
Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; genitive plural enclitic
वाजिमेधेin the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
वाजिमेधे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवाजिमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular
मखेin the sacrifice
मखे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular
दत्ताgiven
दत्ता:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; past passive participle feminine nominative singular
क्षत्रियैःby the kṣatriyas
क्षत्रियैः:
Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; instrumental plural
साshe / that (earth)
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun feminine nominative singular
हताwas slain / destroyed
हता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; past passive participle feminine nominative singular
बलात्by force
बलात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative singular (adverbial)
तस्मात्therefore / from that
तस्मात्:
Hetu/Apadana (From that/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative singular
नःto us
नः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; dative plural enclitic
देहिgive
देहि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; imperative 2nd person singular
ताम्her / that (earth)
ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular
भूयःagain
भूयः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); adverb
हत्वाhaving slain
हत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त); gerund/absolutive
तान्those
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; accusative plural
क्षत्रियाधमान्the lowest of kṣatriyas
क्षत्रियाधमान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय + अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; accusative plural
कुरुdo / make
कुरु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; imperative 2nd person singular
श्रेयःwelfare / good
श्रेयः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular (as object of कुरु)
अभिवृद्धिम्increase / prosperity
अभिवृद्धिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअभिवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular
ताम्that
ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular (apposition to अभिवृद्धिम्)
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्त-अव्यय; conditional particle
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; present indicative 3rd person singular
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive singular
पौरुषम्manliness / valor
पौरुषम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular
Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (petitioners) addressing Bhārgava Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of distressed brāhmaṇas petition Paraśurāma—mighty-armed, axe-bearing—pleading for restoration of yajña-granted land seized by kṣatriyas; the moment is charged with moral indignation and impending violence.

Characters & Entities
R
Rāma (Bhārgava/Paraśurāma)
A
Aśvamedha (vājimedha)
K
kṣatriyas
B
brāhmaṇas
V
vasudhā (earth)

FAQs

Dāna given in sacrifice is sacred and must be protected; violating it is adharma that invites decisive correction.

No site is named in this request-verse; it functions as the ethical trigger for Bhārgava Rāma’s actions that later sanctify places through events.

The Aśvamedha (vājimedha) sacrifice and the sacrificial land-gift (dāna of earth) are referenced as the basis of the brāhmaṇas’ claim.

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