Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । इति रामवचः श्रुत्वा सुग्रीवप्रमुखास्तदा

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | iti rāmavacaḥ śrutvā sugrīvapramukhāstadā

Translation

Śrī Sūta disse: «Tendo ouvido estas palavras de Rāma, então Sugrīva e os demais, com ele à frente, …»

Word by Word

• श्रीसूतः: Śrī Sūta
• श्रीसूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीसूत (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + सूत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (thus)

• रामवचः: Rāma's words
• रामवचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम-वचस् (प्रातिपदिक; राम + वचस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (वचस्-शब्द)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (कृदन्त, त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having heard’

• सुग्रीवप्रमुखाः: (those) led by Sugrīva
• सुग्रीवप्रमुखाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव-प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक; सुग्रीव + प्रमुख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘those headed by Sugrīva’

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (continuing context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard purāṇic frame; implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narrative frame shifts: Sūta speaks; the camera-like focus moves from Rāma’s words to Sugrīva and the vānaras preparing to respond.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Rāma
• Sugrīva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic wisdom is preserved through faithful transmission—Sūta’s narration frames dharma as living memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly praised in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition within Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a speaker-marker and scene shift.