Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

समर्पयामास ततो रामो दशरथात्मजः । अंगुलीयकवासांसि उपवीतानि कर्णकान्

Transliteration

samarpayāmāsa tato rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ | aṃgulīyakavāsāṃsi upavītāni karṇakān

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះរាម ព្រះរាជបុត្ររបស់ទសរថ បានប្រគេនចិញ្ចៀន និងសម្លៀកបំពាក់ ព្រមទាំងអុបវីត (ខ្សែសក្ការៈ) និងក្រវិល។

Word by Word

• समर्पयामास: offered/presented
• समर्पयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्√अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; periphrastic perfect (आमास-योग)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Desha-kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकार: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘then/thereafter’

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

• दशरथ-आत्मजः: son of Daśaratha
• दशरथ-आत्मजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘दशरथस्य आत्मजः’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to रामः

• अङ्गुलीयक-वासांसि: rings and garments
• अङ्गुलीयक-वासांसि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुलीयक (प्रातिपदिक) + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (द्वन्द्व; ‘rings and garments’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• उपवीतानि: sacred threads
• उपवीतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• कर्णकान्: ear-ornaments
• कर्णकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; exact speaker not specified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma presents rings, garments, sacred threads, and earrings to honored Brāhmaṇas; attendants hold trays of gifts; the mood is auspicious and orderly.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered with respect to the worthy is a visible form of dharma that generates puṇya and strengthens sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is set in Dharmāraṇya but primarily describes dāna rather than a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (gift-giving) of clothing and auspicious items to honored recipients, consistent with Purāṇic hospitality rites.