Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अतिष्ठदाश्रमे रैभ्यः स्नुषया ज्येष्ठया सह । तौ गत्वा भ्रातरौ तत्र राज्ञः सत्रमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

atiṣṭhadāśrame raibhyaḥ snuṣayā jyeṣṭhayā saha | tau gatvā bhrātarau tatra rājñaḥ satramanuttamam

Translation

ไรภยะพำนักอยู่ในอาศรมพร้อมด้วยสะใภ้ผู้ใหญ่ ครั้นสองพี่น้องไปถึงที่นั้นแล้ว ก็ได้เข้าสู่พิธีสัตรอันยอดเยี่ยมของพระราชา

Word by Word

• अतिष्ठत्: (he) stayed, remained
• अतिष्ठत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• रैभ्यः: Raibhya
• रैभ्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैभ्य (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• स्नुषया: with (his) daughter-in-law
• स्नुषया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नुषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (Feminine), तृतीया, एकवचनम्

• ज्येष्ठया: elder
• ज्येष्ठया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (स्नुषायाः)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment marker/सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्ययम् (prepositional adverb)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• भ्रातरौ: the two brothers
• भ्रातरौ: Apposition (to तौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्; तौ इत्यस्य विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• सत्रम्: the satra-sacrifice
• सत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सत्रम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction for Purāṇic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Split-scene: left—Raibhya in a tranquil hermitage with the elder daughter-in-law, tending the sacred fire; right—the two brothers arriving at a grand yajña enclosure with priests, altars, and banners, labeled ‘anuttama satra’.

Characters & Entities

• Raibhya
• Bṛhaddyumna
• Satra
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narrative balances āśrama-dharma (hermitage life) with yajña-dharma (public sacred rites) as complementary paths.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred geography is Setu-kṣetra; this verse is a narrative transition within that pilgrimage-centered section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it continues the account of attending the king’s satra.