Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 141

Devanagari script

सान्तःपुरश्च भरतः शत्रुघ्नसहितो ययौ । रामं व्रजंतमागम्य रघुवंशमनुव्रताः

Transliteration

sāntaḥpuraśca bharataḥ śatrughnasahito yayau | rāmaṃ vrajaṃtamāgamya raghuvaṃśamanuvratāḥ

Translation

Darauf zog auch Bharata aus, mit den Frauen seines Hauses und in Begleitung Śatrughnas. Als sie Rāma erreichten, der eben aufbrach, folgten sie ihm, dem Gelübde der Rechtschaffenheit des Raghu-Geschlechts treu.

Word by Word

• स-अन्तःपुरः: with his inner household
• स-अन्तःपुरः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अन्तःपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य अन्तःपुरं सह अस्ति सः) विशेषण (qualifying भरतः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• भरतः: Bharata
• भरतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शत्रुघ्नसहितः: accompanied by Śatrughna
• शत्रुघ्नसहितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुघ्न + सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (शत्रुघ्नेन सहितः) विशेषण (qualifying भरतः)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

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

• व्रजन्तम्: going
• व्रजन्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √व्रज् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying रामम्)

• आगम्य: having approached
• आगम्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ√गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having come/approached

• रघुवंशम्: the Raghu lineage
• रघुवंशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु + वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रघोः वंशः)

• अनुव्रताः: devoted followers
• अनुव्रताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (implied followers/people)

Speaker

Brahmā to Nārada (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/śaunaka-type setting implied by purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bharata and Śatrughna, with the palace women (antaḥpura), hurry out of Ayodhyā and reach Rāma as he is setting forth; a moving procession at the city’s edge, dust rising, faces anxious yet devoted.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Bharata
• Śatrughna
• Raghuvaṃśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True kinship is dharmic alignment—Bharata and Śatrughna exemplify unwavering loyalty to righteousness embodied in Rāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, portrayed as the stage where the Raghu dynasty’s dharma becomes a living, sanctifying force.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse stresses dharma-vrata (shared vow) and accompanying the righteous.