Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

स्तुतिं चक्रुश्च विधिवद्विनयाचारपूर्वकम् । आमंत्र्य च द्विजान्सर्वान्रामवाक्यं प्रकाशयन्

Transliteration

stutiṃ cakruśca vidhivadvinayācārapūrvakam | āmaṃtrya ca dvijānsarvānrāmavākyaṃ prakāśayan

Translation

അവർ വിധിപൂർവം വിനയാചാരസഹിതം സ്തുതി ചെയ്തു; പിന്നെ എല്ലാ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരെയും ഔപചാരികമായി ക്ഷണിച്ച് രാമവചനം അറിയിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• stutim: praise
• stutim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• cakruḥ: they did/made
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• vidhivat: properly/according to rule
• vidhivat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित) → vidhivat (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb) ‘according to rule’

• vinaya-ācāra-pūrvakam: in a manner preceded by humility and proper conduct
• vinaya-ācāra-pūrvakam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinaya (प्रातिपदिक) + ācāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial) ‘with humility and proper conduct as the precedent/manner’

• āmantrya: having invited/addressed
• āmantrya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-mantr (धातु) → āmantrya (कृदन्त, ल्यप्/क्त्वा)
• Form: कृदन्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having invited/addressed’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• dvijān: Brahmins
• dvijān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘dvijān’

• rāma-vākyam: Rama’s message/words
• rāma-vākyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rāmasya vākyaṃ)

• prakāśayan: they proclaimed/made known
• prakāśayan: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kāś (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Messengers stand with folded hands, offering formal praises and humble salutations, then respectfully invite the brāhmaṇas and deliver Rāma’s message.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Dvijas (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred communication should be carried with humility, etiquette, and fidelity to instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s righteous social order is reflected in the formal, courteous summoning of brāhmaṇas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat stuti (formal praise) and āmantraṇa (formal invitation) as part of dharmic reception.