Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ततो रामो महेष्वासो मुदा परमया युतः । प्रस्थितस्तीर्थयात्रायां सीतया भ्रातृभिः सह

Transliteration

tato rāmo maheṣvāso mudā paramayā yutaḥ | prasthitastīrthayātrāyāṃ sītayā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

Translation

แล้วพระรามผู้เป็นมหาธนูรธร เปี่ยมด้วยปีติยิ่งนัก ก็เสด็จออกสู่การจาริกแสวงบุญยังทิรถะทั้งหลาย พร้อมด้วยนางสีดาและพระอนุชาทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमसूचक (then/thereafter)

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेष्वासः: great archer
• महेष्वासः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + इष्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः ‘महान् इष्वासः (धनुः) यस्य’/‘मह-इष्वासः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; रामस्य विशेषणम्

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक

• परमया: supreme, great
• परमया: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मुदा’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्तः’ = ‘endowed/associated’

• प्रस्थितः: set out
• प्रस्थितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय, उपसर्गः प्र-)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियार्थे ‘set out/started’

• तीर्थयात्रायाम्: on a pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी: ‘तीर्थस्य यात्रा’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सीतया: with Sītā
• सीतया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भ्रातृभिः: with (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (with)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in broader frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya tīrthas (collective)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Procession departing for pilgrimage: Rāma with bow, Sītā beside him, brothers accompanying; the road leads into a sacred forest landscape with distant tīrtha waters and hermitages.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is portrayed as a joyful dharmic act undertaken in devotion and good company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the narrative setting, while the verse introduces a broader tīrtha-yātrā to sacred places.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) itself is the implied practice; no specific vow is detailed in this verse.