Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 184

Devanagari script

परिणेष्याभि तां सीतां भंक्त्वा माहेश्वरं धनुः । त्यक्त्वा राज्यं गमिष्यामि वने वर्षांश्चतुर्दश

Transliteration

pariṇeṣyābhi tāṃ sītāṃ bhaṃktvā māheśvaraṃ dhanuḥ | tyaktvā rājyaṃ gamiṣyāmi vane varṣāṃścaturdaśa

Translation

Ich werde Sītā heimführen, indem ich den großen Bogen Maheśvaras zerbreche; dann werde ich das Reich entsagen und für vierzehn Jahre in den Wald gehen.

Word by Word

• परिणेष्यामि: I will marry (lead in marriage)
• परिणेष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense in usage: 'to lead around in marriage'

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सीताम्: Sītā
• सीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भङ्क्त्वा: having broken
• भङ्क्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भञ्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• माहेश्वरम्: of Maheśvara (Śiva’s)
• माहेश्वरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (धनुः-शब्दस्य विशेषणत्वात् नपुंसक-रूपेण), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (धनुः)

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (धनुः-शब्दः द्वितीयायामपि धनुः)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वने: to/in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वर्षान्: years
• वर्षान्: Karma (Extent/परिमाण-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशन्/चतुर्दश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे (वर्षान् विशेषयति)

Speaker

Śrī Rāma (as a prophetic/narrative voice within the Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two linked moments: Rāma breaking the massive Śiva-bow at Mithilā amid astonished kings and sages; then a poignant departure from Ayodhyā—Rāma and Sītā with Lakṣmaṇa entering the forest for fourteen years.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Śiva-dhanuḥ
• Vana-vāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True righteousness includes both strength and restraint—victory and renunciation are embraced without ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse appears inside Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa); it supports the sanctity of the kṣetra through revered Itihāsa remembrance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is on dharma through vows and life-stages (gṛhastha and vānaprastha-like exile).