Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

विभीषणश्चतुर्थ्यां तु रामेण सह संगतः । समुद्रतरणार्थाय पंचम्यां मंत्र उद्यतेः

Transliteration

vibhīṣaṇaścaturthyāṃ tu rāmeṇa saha saṃgataḥ | samudrataraṇārthāya paṃcamyāṃ maṃtra udyateḥ

Translation

Pada tithi keempat, Vibhīṣaṇa menyertai Rāma. Pada tithi kelima, musyawarah suci—mantra dan pertimbangan—dimulakan demi tujuan menyeberangi samudra.

Word by Word

• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• caturthyām: on the fourth (tithi)
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Locus-Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषबोधक-निपात (but/indeed)

• rāmeṇa: with Rāma
• rāmeṇa: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (with; associative)

• saṃgataḥ: joined/arrived
• saṃgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (arrived/joined)

• samudrataraṇārthāya: for the purpose of crossing the ocean
• samudrataraṇārthāya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra + taraṇa + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला (समुद्रस्य तरणम्; तस्य अर्थः) = ‘for the purpose of crossing the ocean’

• paṃcamyām: on the fifth (tithi)
• paṃcamyām: Adhikarana (Locus-Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃcamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

• maṃtraḥ: counsel/plan (mantra)
• maṃtraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• udyateḥ: of (him) preparing/readying (to act)
• udyateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud + yam (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘(तस्य) उद्यतः’ = of one who is preparing/setting out

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāgara-tīra (council shore)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On caturthī, Vibhīṣaṇa approaches and joins Rāma; on pañcamī, the council/ritual planning begins for crossing the ocean—leaders gathered, ocean before them.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāma
• Samudra (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel aligned with dharma transforms obstacles into passages; even adversarial worlds yield to righteous planning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ocean-crossing setting is invoked; no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse notes ‘mantra’ as counsel/ritual deliberation for crossing the sea, without detailing a specific rite.