Shloka 61 - Adhyaya 32 - Dharmaranya Mahatmya - Brahma Khanda | Gujarati | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्ता रामेण वाड वास्ते प्रहर्षिताः । जयाशीर्भिः प्रपूज्याथ दीर्घायुरिति चाब्रुवन्

Transliteration

ityevamuktā rāmeṇa vāḍa vāste praharṣitāḥ | jayāśīrbhiḥ prapūjyātha dīrghāyuriti cābruvan

Translation

રામે એમ કહ્યાથી તેઓ ત્યાં નિવાસ કરતાં અત્યંત પ્રસન્ન થયા. ‘જય’ના આશીર્વાદોથી તેમને પૂજીને બોલ્યા—‘દીર્ઘાયુ થાઓ.’

Word by Word

itithus

evamin this way

uktāḥhaving been addressed/spoken to

rāmeṇaby Rama

vāḍa(unclear reading: possibly 'brāhmaṇāḥ/vaṭāḥ')

vāstedwells/abides (reading uncertain in context)

praharṣitāḥdelighted, greatly rejoiced

jaya-āśīrbhiḥwith blessings of victory

prapūjyahaving honored/worshipped

athathen

dīrgha-āyuḥlong life

itithus

caand

abruvanthey said

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; exact speaker not specified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas, delighted, remain there and honor Rāma with blessings of victory and long life; Rāma receives them respectfully.

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Brāhmaṇas (Vipras)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma practiced as respect and service ripens into āśīrvāda—blessings that support both worldly success and longevity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene remains within Dharmāraṇya; the verse highlights the blessing-culture of sacred residence rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The exchange of honor and blessings (satkāra and āśīrvāda) is implied as part of dharmic hospitality.