Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

चामरद्वितयं रामो दत्तवान्खड्गमेव च । कुलस्य स्वामिनं सूर्यं प्रतिष्ठाविधिपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

cāmaradvitayaṃ rāmo dattavānkhaḍgameva ca | kulasya svāminaṃ sūryaṃ pratiṣṭhāvidhipūrvakam

Translation

Rāma donna une paire de cāmaras (éventails de yak) et aussi une épée. Puis, selon le rite prescrit de consécration, il installa Sūrya, seigneur de la lignée.

Word by Word

• cāmaradvitayam: a pair of yak-tail fans
• cāmaradvitayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāmara + dvitaya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म; ‘चामरयोः द्वितयम्’

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• dattavān: gave
• dattavān: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु) + ktavat → dattavat (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle used as finite), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परोक्ष-भूतार्थे ‘दत्तवान्’ = ‘gave’

• khaḍgam: a sword
• khaḍgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaḍga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, also
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• kulasya: of the lineage/family
• kulasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• svāminam: the lord/master
• svāminam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• sūryam: Surya (the Sun)
• sūryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; स्वामिनम् इति विशेषण-सम्बन्धः (apposition)

• pratiṣṭhāvidhipūrvakam: according to the installation rite
• pratiṣṭhāvidhipūrvakam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratiṣṭhā + vidhi + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial): ‘प्रतिṣṭhā-vidhinā pūrvakam’

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit; describing Rāma’s actions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-pratiṣṭhā (kula-svāmin shrine)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma bestows royal emblems—two cāmaras and a sword—then performs a formal Sūrya-pratiṣṭhā with priests, fire altar, and auspicious vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sūrya (Sun deity)
• cāmara
• khaḍga (sword)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes proper consecration (pratiṣṭhā) of deities and the sanctified use of symbols of authority in service of sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse operates within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya; the emphasis is on deity-installation rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā-vidhi: installing Sūrya with the proper consecration procedure.