Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

प्राप्तो युद्धाय द्वादश्यां यावत्कृष्णां चतुर्दशीम् । अष्टादशदिने रामो रावणं द्वैरथेऽवधीत्

Transliteration

prāpto yuddhāya dvādaśyāṃ yāvatkṛṣṇāṃ caturdaśīm | aṣṭādaśadine rāmo rāvaṇaṃ dvairathe'vadhīt

Translation

ದ್ವಾದಶಿಯಿಂದ ಕೃಷ್ಣಪಕ್ಷ ಚತುರ್ದಶಿವರೆಗೆ ಅವರು ಯುದ್ಧಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತರಾದರು. ಅಷ್ಟಾದಶ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ರಥದ್ವಂದ್ವ ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮನು ರಾವಣನನ್ನು ವಧಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• प्राप्तः: having arrived / having reached
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘आगतः/प्राप्तः’

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of)

• द्वादश्याम्: on the twelfth lunar day
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथौ

• यावत्: up to / until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधी-निर्देशक (limit-marker)

• कृष्णाम्: (of the) dark fortnight
• कृष्णाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘कृष्णपक्ष’ इत्यर्थे (dark fortnight)

• चतुर्दशीम्: the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तिथिम्

• अष्टादशदिने: on the eighteenth day
• अष्टादशदिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टादश + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अष्टादशस्य दिनम्)

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

• रावणम्: Ravana
• रावणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• द्वैरथे: in/at the two-chariot encounter
• द्वैरथे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि + रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु/तत्पुरुषप्रायः (द्वौ रथौ यस्मिन्/द्विरथ-स्थितिः)

• अवधीत्: killed
• अवधीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Rāvaṇa in a climactic chariot duel: dust-filled battlefield, banners snapping, bowstrings taut; gods and siddhas watching from the sky as the duel reaches its decisive moment.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśī
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa Caturdaśī
• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fall of tyranny is certain when dharma stands firm; sustained righteous effort culminates in decisive victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse preserves the sacred chronology of a foundational dharma narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a time-stamped narration of Rāvaṇa’s defeat.