Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

विमुच्य निर्ययौ रामः ससैन्यः सपरिच्छदः । गजवाजिसहस्रौघै रथैर्यानैश्च कोटिभिः

Transliteration

vimucya niryayau rāmaḥ sasainyaḥ saparicchadaḥ | gajavājisahasraughai rathairyānaiśca koṭibhiḥ

Translation

विमुच्य निर्ययौ रामः ससैन्यः सपरिच्छदः । गजवाजिसहस्रौघै रथैर्यानैश्च कोटिभिः ॥

Word by Word

• विमुच्य: having released/left behind
• विमुच्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund) ‘विमुच्य’; धातु: मुच्

• निर्ययौ: went out, departed
• निर्ययौ: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: या

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• ससैन्यः: with his army
• ससैन्यः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सैन्येन सह); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• सपरिच्छदः: with his retinue/equipment
• सपरिच्छदः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह) + परिच्छद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (परिच्छदेन सह); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• गजवाजिसहस्रौघैः: with torrents of thousands of elephants and horses
• गजवाजिसहस्रौघैः: Sahakāraka (Means/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक) + वाजि (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (गजानां वाजिनां च सहस्राणाम् ओघाः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instr. pl.)

• रथैः: with chariots
• रथैः: Sahakāraka (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instr. pl.)

• यानैः: with vehicles
• यानैः: Sahakāraka (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instr. pl.)

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

• कोटिभिः: by crores, in vast numbers
• कोटिभिः: Sahakāraka (Measure/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instr. pl.)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast army-backed royal caravan departs: elephants and horses in thousands, chariots and vehicles in immense numbers, banners raised; Rāma moves forward with full equipment and attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly grandeur can be harnessed in service of dharma—royal resources are directed toward a sacred purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The destination remains the Dharmāraṇya tīrtha-region; this verse emphasizes the magnitude of the journey rather than a single shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse describes the scale and preparedness of the departure.