Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 182

Devanagari script

तदा दाशरथी रामः कौसल्यानंदवर्द्धनः । भविष्ये भ्रातृभिः सार्द्धं गमिष्ये यज्ञमंडपे

Transliteration

tadā dāśarathī rāmaḥ kausalyānaṃdavarddhanaḥ | bhaviṣye bhrātṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ gamiṣye yajñamaṃḍape

Translation

ครั้งนั้น พระรามโอรสทศรถ ผู้เพิ่มพูนความปีติของพระนางเกาศัลยา จักอุบัติขึ้นในกาลหน้า; และพร้อมด้วยพระอนุชาทั้งหลายจักเสด็จไปยังมณฑปยัญพิธี

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• दाशरथी: son of Daśaratha
• दाशरथी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशरथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पितृनाम्ना अपत्यवाचकः (patronymic)

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

• कौसल्यानन्दवर्द्धनः: increaser of Kausalyā’s joy
• कौसल्यानन्दवर्द्धनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौसल्या-आनन्द-वर्द्धन (प्रातिपदिक; कौसल्या + आनन्द + वर्द्धन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कौसल्यायाः आनन्दस्य वर्द्धनः) विशेषणम् (रामस्य)

• भविष्ये: I will be
• भविष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• भ्रातृभिः: with brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like: 'together with')

• गमिष्ये: I will go
• गमिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• यज्ञमण्डपे: to/in the sacrificial pavilion
• यज्ञमण्डपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + मण्डप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य मण्डपः)

Speaker

Vāmana (prophecy continuing into the advent of Rāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic tableau: Rāma (as future Daśarathi) with Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata, Śatrughna moving toward a yajña-maṇḍapa; sages, fire-altar, and auspicious omens in the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Kauśalyā
• Brothers of Rāma (implied)
• Yajña-maṇḍapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas present avatāra as dharma’s answer to adharma: righteous order is restored through divinely guided human life rooted in yajña and duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references a yajña-maṇḍapa (sacrificial arena) in the prophetic narrative; the enclosing māhātmya context is Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña is indicated by the mention of the yajña-maṇḍapa, though no specific procedure is detailed in this verse.