Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

उवास रामरहिता रावणस्य निवेशने । द्वाचत्वारिंशके वर्षे रामो राज्यमकारयत्

Transliteration

uvāsa rāmarahitā rāvaṇasya niveśane | dvācatvāriṃśake varṣe rāmo rājyamakārayat

Translation

Elle demeura, séparée de Rāma, dans la demeure de Rāvaṇa. En la quarante-deuxième année, Rāma fit administrer le royaume, établissant sa souveraineté.

Word by Word

• उवास: dwelt, stayed
• उवास: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: वस्

• रामरहिता: bereft of Rāma
• रामरहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + रहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तृतीया/पञ्चमी-अर्थे ‘रहित’ (devoid of); उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘without Rāma’)

• रावणस्य: of Rāvaṇa
• रावणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• निवेशने: in the residence
• निवेशने: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• द्वाचत्वारिंशके: in the forty-second
• द्वाचत्वारिंशके: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वाचत्वारिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; संख्या-विशेषणम् (qualifying वर्षे)

• वर्षे: year
• वर्षे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom, rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अकारयत्: established/caused (the rule) to be carried out
• अकारयत्: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) ‘कारयति’; अर्थ: ‘caused to be done/established’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Laṅkā (captivity locus) / Ayodhyā (rājya locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā remains in the enemy’s residence, marked by sorrowful stillness; the narrative then shifts to Rāma establishing orderly rule—an image of a king bearing duty with quiet gravity.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā (implied by rāmarahitā)
• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa
• Laṅkā (implied by Rāvaṇa’s residence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid suffering and separation, dharma progresses toward restoration and rightful order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly glorified; the verse references Rāvaṇa’s abode as a narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.