Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

कृत्वैवं कृतकृत्योऽभूद्रामो दशरथात्मजः । कृत्वा सर्वविधिं चैव सभायां समुपाविशत्

Transliteration

kṛtvaivaṃ kṛtakṛtyo'bhūdrāmo daśarathātmajaḥ | kṛtvā sarvavidhiṃ caiva sabhāyāṃ samupāviśat

Translation

ଏଭଳି କରି ଦଶରଥନନ୍ଦନ ଶ୍ରୀରାମ କୃତକୃତ୍ୟ ହେଲେ। ସମସ୍ତ ବିଧି-ବିଧାନ ସମାପ୍ତ କରି ସେ ସଭାମଣ୍ଡପରେ ଉପବିଷ୍ଟ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheshana (पूर्वकाले)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकाले कृतक्रिया (having done)

• एवं: thus
• एवं: Kriya-visheshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• कृतकृत्यः: having accomplished his task
• कृतकृत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (one whose duty is done)

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• दशरथात्मजः: son of Dasharatha
• दशरथात्मजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दशरथस्य आत्मजः)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheshana (पूर्वकाले)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकाले कृतक्रिया

• सर्वविधिम्: the entire rite/procedure
• सर्वविधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• सभायाम्: in the assembly hall
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (location)

• समुपाविशत्: sat down/entered and sat
• समुपाविशत्: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त

Speaker

Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, serene after completing all rites, sits in the royal assembly hall; attendants and ministers present; atmosphere of order and dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Sabhā (assembly)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fulfillment arises from completing one’s prescribed duties carefully; inner peace follows disciplined observance of vidhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra of Dharmāraṇya remains the implied sacred setting where these rites are completed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of ‘all procedures’ (sarvavidhi) before transitioning to civic/royal activity (entering the sabhā).