Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

सीतायास्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशद्वर्षाणि तु तदा भवन् । स चतुर्दशवर्षांते प्रविष्टः स्वां पुरीं प्रभुः

Transliteration

sītāyāstu trayastriṃśadvarṣāṇi tu tadā bhavan | sa caturdaśavarṣāṃte praviṣṭaḥ svāṃ purīṃ prabhuḥ

Translation

En ce temps-là, Sītā avait trente-trois ans. Et, au terme des quatorze années, le Seigneur entra dans sa propre cité.

Word by Word

• सीतायाः: of Sītā
• सीतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis-contrast)

• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्-वर्षाणि: thirty-three years
• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्-वर्षाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयस् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + त्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) वा द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमास (संख्यापूर्वक)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• भवन्: were/occurred
• भवन्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• चतुर्दश-वर्ष-अन्ते: at the end of fourteen years
• चतुर्दश-वर्ष-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (चतुर्दशवर्षस्य अन्तः)

• प्रविष्टः: having entered/entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृवाचक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वाम्: his own
• स्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma’s solemn return after fourteen years; Sītā beside him, the city gates of Ayodhyā opening, citizens in orderly welcome; emphasis on time’s completion and dharma fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma
• Ayodhyā (implied by 'his own city')
• Fourteen-year exile

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic remembrance preserves sacred history with precise markers of time, reinforcing the reliability of dharmic narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies Ayodhyā as the royal sacred city, without detailing pilgrimage merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.