Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ततो विभीषणो राममिक्ष्वाकुकुलभूषणम् । उवाच प्रांजलिर्वाक्यं प्रणम्य च पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

tato vibhīṣaṇo rāmamikṣvākukulabhūṣaṇam | uvāca prāṃjalirvākyaṃ praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

Kemudian Vibhisana, dengan tangan terkatup, berkata kepada Rama—perhiasan wangsa Iksvaku—sambil tunduk menyembah berulang kali.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Discourse/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (thereupon/then)

• विभीषणः: Vibhishana
• विभीषणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इक्ष्वाकुकुलभूषणम्: ornament of the Ikshvaku dynasty
• इक्ष्वाकुकुलभूषणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इक्ष्वाकु (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इक्ष्वाकुकुलस्य भूषणम्); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; रामम् इत्यस्य विशेषण

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्राञ्जलिः: with folded hands
• प्राञ्जलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विभीषणः इत्यस्य विशेषण (with folded hands)

• वाक्यम्: words/speech
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) → प्रणम्; ल्यप् (absolutive)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bowed)

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

• पुनःपुनः: again and again
• पुनःपुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Frequency/आवृत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय) + पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय; आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (repeatedly)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Setukhaṇḍa context; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relaying the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vibhīṣaṇa stands with folded hands before Rāma, bowing repeatedly, preparing to speak—an intimate counsel scene amid the aftermath of battle.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāma
• Ikṣvāku

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility, reverence, and surrender to dharma’s protector are themselves powerful spiritual virtues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred frame is Setu/Rāmeśvaram; devotion to Rāma in this landscape is part of the tīrtha’s celebrated greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.