Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

हत्वा त्वरेण लंकेशं लक्ष्मणस्याग्रजो विभुः । गृहीत्वा जानकीं पुण्यां दुःखितां राक्षसेन तु

Transliteration

hatvā tvareṇa laṃkeśaṃ lakṣmaṇasyāgrajo vibhuḥ | gṛhītvā jānakīṃ puṇyāṃ duḥkhitāṃ rākṣasena tu

Translation

ເມື່ອພຣະອົງຜູ້ມີລິດ ເປັນອ້າຍໃຫຍ່ຂອງລັກສະມະນະ ໄດ້ປະຫານເຈົ້າແຫ່ງລັງກາຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວ ກໍໄດ້ນໍານາງຊານະກີຜູ້ບຸນບໍລິສຸດກັບຄືນ ຜູ້ຖືກຣາກສະສາເຮັດໃຫ້ເສົ້າໝອງ।

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: हन्, अर्थ: ‘having killed’

• त्वरेण: with haste
• त्वरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• लंकेशम्: the lord of Lanka (Rāvaṇa)
• लंकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लंकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मणस्य: of Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अग्रजः: elder brother
• अग्रजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• विभुः: the mighty one
• विभुः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: ग्रह्, अर्थ: ‘having taken’

• जानकीम्: Jānakī (Sītā)
• जानकीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पुण्याम्: virtuous, holy
• पुण्याम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying जानकीम्)

• दुःखिताम्: distressed
• दुःखिताम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying जानकीम्)

• राक्षसेन: by a demon
• राक्षसेन: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अर्थ: ‘but/indeed’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Laṅkā (as itihāsa-kshetra reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands victorious after slaying Rāvaṇa; the atmosphere shifts from war-smoke to calm as he receives the sorrowful yet pure Jānakī back from the rākṣasa’s captivity.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Laṅkā
• Rāvaṇa (Laṅkeśa)
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Jānakī (Sītā)
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma ultimately overcomes adharma: righteous resolve protects the virtuous and defeats oppressive power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it functions as Purāṇic dharma-narrative within the Dharmāraṇya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.