Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

रामरामेति मां रक्ष रक्ष मां रक्षसा हृताम् । यथा श्येनः क्षुधायु्क्तः क्रन्दंतीं वर्तिकां नयेत्

Transliteration

rāmarāmeti māṃ rakṣa rakṣa māṃ rakṣasā hṛtām | yathā śyenaḥ kṣudhāyu्ktaḥ krandaṃtīṃ vartikāṃ nayet

Translation

“พระราม พระราม—โปรดคุ้มครองข้าเถิด! โปรดคุ้มครองข้า ผู้ถูกยักษ์รากษสฉุดไป!” ดุจเหยี่ยวหิวโหยโฉบคว้านกคุ่มที่ร้องไห้แล้วคาบไป

Word by Word

• राम-राम-इति: “Rāma, Rāma!” (thus)
• राम-राम-इति: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + राम (प्रातिपदिक) + इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-योगे उद्धरण/वाक्यचिह्न; ‘राम राम’ इति संबोधन-उक्ति

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• रक्ष: protect!
• रक्ष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• रक्ष: protect!
• रक्ष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; पुनरुक्ति-बल

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• रक्षसा: by a demon
• रक्षसा: Karana (Agent-Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्तृ-करणभावे (agent in passive sense)

• हृताम्: carried off, abducted
• हृताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृ (धातु) → हृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, PPP); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (माम्—स्त्रीवाच्य-सीता-भावेन)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-प्रदर्शक

• श्येनः: a hawk
• श्येनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• क्षुधा-युक्तः: afflicted with hunger
• क्षुधा-युक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (क्षुधया युक्तः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (श्येनः)

• क्रन्दन्तीम्: crying
• क्रन्दन्तीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रन्द् (धातु) → क्रन्दन्ती (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वर्तिकाम्)

• वर्तिकाम्: a quail
• वर्तिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नयेत्: might carry/lead away
• नयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (narrating Sītā’s cry; deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā, borne away by the rākṣasa, cries ‘Rāma, Rāma—protect me!’; the simile shows a hungry hawk carrying off a crying quail—an image of swift, ruthless predation against fragile innocence.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā (implied as speaker of the cry)
• Rākṣasa
• Śyena (hawk)
• Vartikā (quail)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Calling the Divine Name (nāma) is presented as immediate refuge; surrender (śaraṇāgati) becomes strength amid danger.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named; the focus is on devotional refuge through Rāma’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, nāma-smaraṇa/japa (“Rāma, Rāma”) as a saving practice, though no formal vrata is specified.