Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एतदुक्त्वा ततो रामः सहस्रशतसंख्यया । स्वभृत्यान्प्रेषयामास विप्रानयनहेतवे

Transliteration

etaduktvā tato rāmaḥ sahasraśatasaṃkhyayā | svabhṛtyānpreṣayāmāsa viprānayanahetave

Translation

Après avoir dit cela, Rāma dépêcha ses propres serviteurs—par centaines et par milliers—afin de faire venir les brāhmaṇas.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (speech/statement)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (उक्त्वा-क्रियायाः विषयः)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/ल्यप्-प्रत्यय), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha/Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

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

• सहस्रशतसंख्यया: with a number of thousands and hundreds (i.e., in great numbers)
• सहस्रशतसंख्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• स्वभृत्यान्: his own servants
• स्वभृत्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्मपद

• प्रेषयामास: sent, dispatched
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु) (प्रेषयति-णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: caused to go/sent)

• विप्रानयनहेतवे: for the purpose of bringing the Brahmins
• विप्रानयनहेतवे: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आनयन (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (dative of purpose)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, composed and authoritative, instructs a large retinue; messengers depart in multiple directions to invite brāhmaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vipra (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous leadership expresses itself through honoring the learned and inviting them respectfully.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the setting; the action supports the site’s dharmic atmosphere where brāhmaṇas are revered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practical dharma of inviting brāhmaṇas (viprānayana) as part of religious hospitality and merit-making.