Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 175

Devanagari script

तदा स्वर्गं गताः सर्वे स्मृत्वा लोकगुरुं विभुम् । जगाम त्रिदशैः सार्द्धं रामो हृष्टो महामतिः

Transliteration

tadā svargaṃ gatāḥ sarve smṛtvā lokaguruṃ vibhum | jagāma tridaśaiḥ sārddhaṃ rāmo hṛṣṭo mahāmatiḥ

Translation

Da gingen alle gen Himmel, eingedenk des mächtigen Herrn, des Guru der Welten. Rāma, großherzig und hochgesinnt, zog freudig dahin, begleitet von den dreiunddreißig Göttern.

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (time adverb)

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Karma (Goal of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/गति-लक्ष्य), एकवचन

• gatāḥ: gone
• gatāḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/Result state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (धातु) + kta; gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे विशेषण (sarve)

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• smṛtvā: having remembered
• smṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √smṛ (धातु); smṛtvā (कृदन्त/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• loka-gurum: the teacher of the world
• loka-gurum: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lokānāṃ guruḥ)

• vibhum: the all-powerful one
• vibhum: Karma (Object/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; apposition to loka-gurum

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु); jagāma
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tridaśaiḥ: with the gods (thirty)
• tridaśaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (with/together)

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• hṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• hṛṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √hṛṣ (धातु) + kta; hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (rāmaḥ)

• mahā-matiḥ: great-minded one
• mahā-matiḥ: Karta (Appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (mahā matiḥ)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-Sarayū kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, radiant and serene, departs joyfully accompanied by the thirty-three gods; behind him, the liberated multitude ascends; the sky opens with celestial light, banners, and garlands.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Tridaśa (33 gods)
• Svarga
• Lokaguru (the Supreme Lord, implied Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of the Supreme Lord and contact with the tīrtha culminate in exalted passage, linking bhakti (smṛti) with tīrtha-phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopratāra Tīrtha at Ayodhyā on the Sarayū, in the concluding movement of the episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice emphasized is smaraṇa (remembrance) of the Lord; no formal vrata/dāna is specified.