Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

गुर्वासनसमाविष्टाः सभार्या ससुहृत्सुताः । राजधानीं तदा प्राप रामोऽयोध्यां गुणान्विताम्

Transliteration

gurvāsanasamāviṣṭāḥ sabhāryā sasuhṛtsutāḥ | rājadhānīṃ tadā prāpa rāmo'yodhyāṃ guṇānvitām

Translation

ഗുരുവാസനത്തിൽ ആസീനനായി, പത്നിയോടും സുഹൃത്തുക്കളും പുത്രന്മാരും കൂടെ, രാമൻ അപ്പോൾ ഗുണസമ്പന്നമായ രാജധാനി അയോധ്യയെ പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• गुरु-आसन-समाविष्टाः: seated on the teacher’s seat (honor-seat)
• गुरु-आसन-समाविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + समा-विश् (धातु) → समाविष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘समाविष्ट’ = seated/entered; समासः—गुर्वासनसमाविष्ट = गुरोः आसने समाविष्टाः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• स-भार्याः: with (their) wives
• स-भार्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘स’ उपसर्गसदृशः (सह-अर्थे) समासः—सभार्य = भार्यया सह (सह-तत्पुरुष)

• स-सुहृत्-सुताः: with friends and sons
• स-सुहृत्-सुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुहृत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—ससुहृत्सुत = सुहृद्भिः सुतैः सह (सह-तत्पुरुष)

• राजधानीम्: the capital city
• राजधानीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्राप: reached
• प्राप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अयोध्याम्: Ayodhya
• अयोध्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गुण-अन्विताम्: endowed with virtues
• गुण-अन्विताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वि-इ (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); समासः—गुणान्वित = गुणैः अन्विता (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma seated on the royal throne in Ayodhyā, Sītā beside him, with ministers, friends, and sons present; the city’s auspicious architecture and banners visible.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous kingship begins with dharma-centered installation and virtuous governance, supported by family and well-wishers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is highlighted as a virtuous sacred capital associated with Rāma’s dharmic reign.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse functions as dharma-smṛti—meritorious remembrance of Rāma and Ayodhyā.