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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

सौवर्णीं च ततः कृत्वा सीतां यज्ञं चकार सः । अनुमन्त्र्य मुनींल्लोकान्देवताश्च निजं कुलम्

sauvarṇīṃ ca tataḥ kṛtvā sītāṃ yajñaṃ cakāra saḥ | anumantrya munīṃllokāndevatāśca nijaṃ kulam

അനന്തരം അവൻ സ്വർണമയിയായ സീതയെ നിർമ്മിച്ച് യജ്ഞം നടത്തി; മുനിമാരെയും ജനങ്ങളെയും ദേവന്മാരെയും തന്റെ കുലജനങ്ങളെയും വിധിപൂർവ്വം ക്ഷണിച്ചു।

सौवर्णीम्the golden (one)
सौवर्णीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसौवर्णी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; (सौवर्णी = सुवर्णमयी/स्वर्णनिर्मिता)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formकाल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter)
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having done/made’
सीताम्Sītā
सीताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसीता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
यज्ञम्sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चकारperformed/did
चकार:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)
अनुमन्त्र्यhaving consulted/after taking permission
अनुमन्त्र्य:
Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअनु√मन्त्र् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having consulted/obtained consent’
मुनीन्sages
मुनीन्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
लोकान्worlds/people
लोकान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
देवताःdeities
देवताः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (पाठानुसार; ‘देवताश्च’ इति)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
निजम्own
निजम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कुलम् इति विशेष्य)
कुलम्family/lineage
कुलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Skanda (deduced, narrative continuation)

Scene: A kingly sacrificer commissions a radiant golden image of Sītā and conducts a solemn yajña; sages sit in rows, devas are invoked, kinsmen gather as witnesses; fire-altar glows with offerings.

R
Rāma
S
Sītā
D
Devas
M
Munis

FAQs

Ritual action (yajña) is framed as a public, dhārmic act performed with proper invitation and cosmic participation.

The verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative; the immediate focus is Rāma’s post-tīrtha conduct rather than a new site.

Performance of yajña with due anumantraṇa (formal invitation) of sages, deities, the community, and family.