Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

इत्येवं कथयित्वा च हनुमंतं प्रबोध्य च । निवर्तितो रामदेवः ससैन्यः सपरिच्छदः

Transliteration

ityevaṃ kathayitvā ca hanumaṃtaṃ prabodhya ca | nivartito rāmadevaḥ sasainyaḥ saparicchadaḥ

Translation

असे सांगून आणि हनुमंताला बोध करून, श्रीराम सैन्यासह व सर्व परिकरसह परतले.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• कथयित्वा: having spoken
• कथयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• हनुमन्तम्: Hanumān
• हनुमन्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रबोध्य: having awakened/roused
• प्रबोध्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + बुध् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• निवर्तितः: returned
• निवर्तितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘returned/was turned back’

• रामदेवः: Rāma, the divine one
• रामदेवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (देवः रामः)

• ससैन्यः: with (his) army
• ससैन्यः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सहितार्थ-उपसर्गवत्) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (सैन्येन सह)

• सपरिच्छदः: with attendants/retinue
• सपरिच्छदः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सहितार्थ-उपसर्गवत्) + परिच्छद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (परिच्छदेन सह)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, after speaking and awakening/instructing Hanumān, turns back with his army and retinue; a moment of respectful closure between lord and devotee-warrior.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmadeva (Śrī Rāma)
• Hanumān
• Sainya (army)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is established through clear instruction and entrusted guardianship before departure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya remains the spiritual backdrop, while the narrative pivots toward Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative closure marking the completion of instructions.