Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पंचाशत्तदा ग्रामाः सीतापुरसमन्विताः । सत्यमंदिरपर्यंता रघुना थेन वै तदा

Transliteration

paṃcāśattadā grāmāḥ sītāpurasamanvitāḥ | satyamaṃdiraparyaṃtā raghunā thena vai tadā

Translation

അന്നുകാലത്ത് രഘുവംശജനായ (രാമൻ) സീതാപുരത്തോടൊപ്പം അമ്പത് ഗ്രാമങ്ങളെ ചേർത്തു; അവ സത്യമന്ദിരത്തിന്റെ പരിസരംവരെ വ്യാപിച്ചിരിന്നു.

Word by Word

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• पञ्चाशत्: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनार्थे विशेषणम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• ग्रामाः: villages
• ग्रामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सीतापुर-समन्विताः: connected with/including Sītāpura
• सीतापुर-समन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सीतापुर (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सीतापुरेण समन्विताः/युक्ताः)

• सत्यमन्दिर-पर्यन्ताः: extending up to Satyamandira
• सत्यमन्दिर-पर्यन्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यमन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सत्यमन्दिरं पर्यन्तं ये)

• रघुना: by Raghu’s descendant (Rāma)
• रघुना: Karana (Agent/instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-निर्देश), एकवचन

• थेन: (unclear; likely ‘tena’ = by him)
• थेन: Sambandha (Unclear/पाठभेद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: थेन (अव्यय/पाठभेद)
• Form: अव्यय; पाठदोष/पाठभेद-सूचक; सम्भाव्यं ‘तेन’ (तद्-तृतीया) इति

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītāpura / Satyamandira precincts

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic depiction of Sītāpura with surrounding villages; boundary stones or markers leading to the Satyamandira precinct; Rāma’s officials recording grants while pilgrims move toward the truth-shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Sītāpura
• Satyamandira
• Rāma (Raghuvaṃśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places flourish when supported by stable communities—linking villages to a tīrtha creates enduring dhārmic infrastructure.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Sītāpura and the surrounding sacred zone reaching to Satyamandira.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it records endowment/administrative integration of villages for the sacred center’s support.