Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

रामप्रतिष्ठितान्विप्रान्हव्यकव्यादिनार्चयेत् । तुष्टास्ते तोषिताः सर्वा पितृभिः सहदेवताः

Transliteration

rāmapratiṣṭhitānviprānhavyakavyādinārcayet | tuṣṭāste toṣitāḥ sarvā pitṛbhiḥ sahadevatāḥ

Translation

พึงถวายความเคารพแด่วิปรพราหมณ์ผู้พระรามทรงสถาปนา ด้วยเครื่องบูชา ‘หัวยะ’ และ ‘กัวยะ’ เป็นต้น เมื่อท่านเหล่านั้นพอใจแล้ว เทวดาทั้งปวงพร้อมด้วยปิตฤทั้งหลายย่อมอิ่มเอมสันติ

Word by Word

• rāmapratiṣṭhitān: established by Rāma
• rāmapratiṣṭhitān: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāma + pratiṣṭhita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from prati-√sthā)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (rāmeṇa pratiṣṭhitāḥ); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गः; द्वितीया (2nd); बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (viprān)

• viprān: Brahmins
• viprān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचनम्

• havyakavyādinā: with offerings such as havya and kavya
• havyakavyādinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havya + kavya + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमासः (havyaṃ ca kavyaṃ ca); ādi-शब्देन समाहारः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समूहवाचकप्रातिपदिकम्; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचनम्

• arcayet: one should worship/honour
• arcayet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (अर्च् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd); एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tuṣṭāḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √tuṣ)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (te)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• toṣitāḥ: satisfied/propitiated
• toṣitāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: toṣita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √tuṣ/√toṣ causative sense)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (te)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (sahadevatāḥ)

• pitṛbhiḥ: with the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• pitṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचनम्

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-सम्बन्धवाचक उपसर्गसदृश/particle meaning "with")

• devatāḥ: deities
• devatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचनम्

• sahadevatāḥ: (those) together with the deities
• sahadevatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saha (अव्यय) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; स्त्रीलिङ्गः; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचनम्; अर्थः—"देवताभिः सह" (together with the deities)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Rāmanātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim honors Rāma-established brāhmaṇas with havya and kavya offerings; in the subtle background, devas and pitṛs appear satisfied, receiving the essence of the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• Brāhmaṇas (Vipras)
• Havya
• Kavya
• Devatās
• Pitṛs
• Rāmeśvaram (implied context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving qualified brāhmaṇas in a sacred context harmonizes divine and ancestral obligations—pleasing them is presented as pleasing both gods and Pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram (Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara) in the Setukhaṇḍa, where Rāma established the worship system.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana/honoring of Rāma-established brāhmaṇas with havya (for devas) and kavya (for Pitṛs) offerings.