Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

लक्ष्मणो लक्षणोपेतो भरतश्च महामतिः । शत्रुघ्नः सैन्यसहितोप्ययोध्यावासिनस्तथा

Transliteration

lakṣmaṇo lakṣaṇopeto bharataśca mahāmatiḥ | śatrughnaḥ sainyasahitopyayodhyāvāsinastathā

Translation

พระลักษมณ์ผู้เพียบพร้อมด้วยคุณลักษณะอันงาม พระภรตผู้มีปัญญายิ่ง และพระศัตรุฆนะพร้อมด้วยกองทัพ ตลอดจนชาวอโยธยาทั้งหลาย ก็ร่วมติดตามไปด้วย

Word by Word

• लक्ष्मणः: Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लक्षणोपेतः: endowed with auspicious marks
• लक्षणोपेतः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ (धातु) क्त, उपसर्गः उप-)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (तृतीया: ‘लक्षणेन उपेतः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; लक्ष्मणस्य विशेषणम्

• भरतः: Bharata
• भरतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• महामतिः: great-minded, very wise
• महामतिः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः ‘महती मतिः यस्य’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भरतस्य विशेषणम्

• शत्रुघ्नः: Śatrughna
• शत्रुघ्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक; √हन् (धातु) घ्न-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः ‘शत्रून् घ्नाति’/‘शत्रूणां घ्नः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• सैन्यसहितः: accompanied by an army
• सैन्यसहितः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सह् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (तृतीया: ‘सैन्येन सहितः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• अयोध्यावासिनः: residents of Ayodhyā
• अयोध्यावासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (सप्तमी: ‘अयोध्यायां वासिनः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘also/likewise’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (destination implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand departure: Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata, Śatrughna with armed escort; citizens of Ayodhyā follow with offerings; banners and conches; the procession heads toward forested sacred lands.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Bharata
• Śatrughna
• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma becomes a shared social movement when leaders and citizens together participate in sacred acts like pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the contextual locus; the verse highlights the participants rather than naming a new tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it continues the narrative of the pilgrimage party.