Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

गुल्मैराच्छाद्य चात्मानं रामस्यादर्शने स्थिता । मुहुर्मुहुर्यदा रामः सीतासीतामभाषत

Transliteration

gulmairācchādya cātmānaṃ rāmasyādarśane sthitā | muhurmuhuryadā rāmaḥ sītāsītāmabhāṣata

Translation

Menyelubungi diri di balik semak belukar, ia tetap di luar pandangan Rāma. Berulang-ulang Rāma memanggil, “Sītā! Sītā!”

Word by Word

• गुल्मैः: with bushes
• गुल्मैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• आच्छाद्य: having covered
• आच्छाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + छद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• आत्मानम्: herself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• रामस्य: of Rāma
• रामस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अदर्शने: in (his) not seeing / out of sight
• अदर्शने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्थिता: stood/remained
• स्थिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुहुः-मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः-मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (reduplicated adverb)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Time marker (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb/conjunction)

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

• सीता: Sītā
• सीता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सीताम्: Sītā (calling)
• सीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for calling)

• अभाषत: spoke/called
• अभाषत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Īśvara/Śiva in this adhyāya’s framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā hides among bushes within a grove; Rāma, concerned, repeatedly calls her name. The sacred grove frames a tender, anxious moment against the backdrop of impending śrāddha hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual moments demand attentiveness and coordination; neglect can disturb the sanctity of dharmic acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this episode is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; the verse supports the śrāddha narrative context.