Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च । रामो राज्यं पालयित्वा जगाम त्रिदिवालयम्

Transliteration

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca | rāmo rājyaṃ pālayitvā jagāma tridivālayam

Translation

പതിനായിരം വർഷവും പിന്നെ മറ്റൊരു ആയിരം വർഷവും രാമൻ രാജ്യം പരിപാലിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം ത്രിദിവധാമത്തിലേക്ക് ഗമിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• दश-वर्ष-सहस्राणि: thousands of ten-year periods (i.e., ten thousand years)
• दश-वर्ष-सहस्राणि: Karma (Measure of time/कालपरिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (दशवर्षाणां सहस्राणि)

• दश-वर्ष-शतानि: hundreds of ten-year periods (i.e., one thousand years)
• दश-वर्ष-शतानि: Karma (Measure of time/कालपरिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (दशवर्षाणां शतानि)

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

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

• राज्यम्: kingdom/rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पालयित्वा: having governed/protected
• पालयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पालय् (धातु, णिजन्त from पाल्/पाल) → पालयित्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिदिव-आलयम्: the abode of heaven
• त्रिदिव-आलयम्: Gati-karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (त्रिदिवस्य आलयः)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarayū (Ayodhyā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast timespan condensed: Rāma as protector-king across ages, then a serene departure toward the divine realm; imagery of Sarayū banks or celestial path with devas welcoming.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Tridiva (heaven/abode of gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic ruler sustains the world through protection and order; such life culminates in higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is mentioned; the verse speaks of tridiva (celestial realm).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.