Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 183

Devanagari script

ताडकां ताडयित्वाहं सुबाहुं यज्ञमंदिरे । नीत्वा यज्ञाद्गमिष्यामि सीतायास्तु स्वयंवरे

Transliteration

tāḍakāṃ tāḍayitvāhaṃ subāhuṃ yajñamaṃdire | nītvā yajñādgamiṣyāmi sītāyāstu svayaṃvare

Translation

ครั้นปราบนางตาฑกาแล้ว และกำราบสุพาหุ ณ มณฑลยัญพิธี ข้าพเจ้าจักออกจากยัญนั้น แล้วเสด็จไปยังสวยัมวรของนางสีดา

Word by Word

• ताडकाम्: Tāḍakā
• ताडकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताडका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ताडयित्वा: having struck/killed
• ताडयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ताडय् (धातु; ताडयति)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुबाहुम्: Subāhu
• सुबाहुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यज्ञमन्दिरे: in the sacrificial hall
• यज्ञमन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + मन्दिर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य मन्दिरम्)

• नीत्वा: having led/taken
• नीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• यज्ञात्: from the sacrifice
• यज्ञात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• सीतायाः: of Sītā
• सीतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed, however
• तु: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• स्वयंवरे: at the svayaṃvara
• स्वयंवरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Rāma (as a prophetic/narrative voice within the Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma’s heroic action: Tāḍakā felled in a forest margin; Subāhu confronted at the yajña enclosure; sages around the fire-altar; then a transition motif toward Mithilā for Sītā’s svayaṃvara.

Characters & Entities

• Tāḍakā
• Subāhu
• Sītā
• Svayaṃvara
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṣatriya-dharma upholds yajña and social order—protecting sacred rites is a religious duty, not merely a political act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; this verse itself functions as sacred narrative (Rāma-kathā) supporting the Mahātmya’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse highlights the protection of yajña as a dharmic act.