Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

परिशोध्य च वैदेहीं गंधमादनपर्वते । रामं कमलपत्राक्षं स्थितवानर संवृतम्

Transliteration

pariśodhya ca vaidehīṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvate | rāmaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ sthitavānara saṃvṛtam

Translation

เมื่อพระไวเทหี (พระสีดา) ได้รับการพิสูจน์ความบริสุทธิ์และชำระให้ผ่องใสบนเขาคันธมาทนะแล้ว พระรามผู้มีเนตรดุจกลีบบัวก็ประทับยืน ณ ที่นั้น ท่ามกลางหมู่วานรที่มาชุมนุมล้อมรอบ

Word by Word

• परिशोध्य: having purified/cleansed
• परिशोध्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + शुध्/शोध् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

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

• वैदेहीम्: Vaidehi (Sita)
• वैदेहीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदेही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गन्धमादन-पर्वते: on/in Gandhamadana mountain
• गन्धमादन-पर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (गन्धमादनः पर्वतः)

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कमल-पत्र-अक्षम्: lotus-petaled-eyed
• कमल-पत्र-अक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कमलस्य पत्रमिव अक्षी यस्य) अर्थतः बहुव्रीहिसदृश-विशेषणप्रयोग; विशेषण (qualifying रामम्)

• स्थित-वानर-संवृतम्: surrounded by standing monkeys
• स्थित-वानर-संवृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + वानर (प्रातिपदिक) + संवृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग? (रामम् इति पुंलिङ्ग-द्वितीया एकवचनानुसारं पुंलिङ्ग-द्वितीया एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्थितैः वानरैः संवृतम्); ‘संवृत’ = क्त-प्रत्यय; विशेषण (qualifying रामम्)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Gandhamādana’s slopes, Sītā stands serene after vindication; Rāma, lotus-eyed, stands steady amid gathered vānaras, the mountain air clear and fragrant, suggesting moral clarity after turmoil.

Characters & Entities

• Vaidehī (Sītā)
• Rāma
• Gandhamādana
• Vānaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and truth are ultimately made manifest; Dharma seeks public clarity and the restoration of honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Gandhamādana is the named sacred locale in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A notion of purification/vindication (pariśodhana) is referenced, though no detailed procedure is specified.