Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

उपयेमे तदा राजन्रम्यां सीतामयोनिजाम् । कृतकृत्यस्तदा जातः सीतां संप्राप्य राघवः

Transliteration

upayeme tadā rājanramyāṃ sītāmayonijām | kṛtakṛtyastadā jātaḥ sītāṃ saṃprāpya rāghavaḥ

Translation

پھر اے راجن! اس نے آیو نِجا، دلکش سیتا سے بیاہ کیا؛ اور سیتا کو پا کر راغھو نے اپنے آپ کو کِرتکِرتیہ، یعنی مقصد پورا ہوا، سمجھا۔

Word by Word

• उपयेमे: married/wedded
• उपयेमे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√yam (धातु; यम् उपादाने/ग्रहणे; उपयम्=विवाहे)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• रम्याम्: lovely
• रम्याम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सीताम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सीताम्: Sītā
• सीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अयोनिजाम्: not born of a womb
• अयोनिजाम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-yonijā (प्रातिपदिक; अ + योनिजा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सीताम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has accomplished his purpose
• कृतकृत्यः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta-kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + कृत्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘राघवः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• जातः: became/was born (i.e., became)
• जातः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan जने)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘राघवः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सीताम्: Sītā
• सीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संप्राप्य: having obtained
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√prāp (धातु; प्राप् प्राप्तौ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having done)

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

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mithilā (Sītā-janma and vivāha-smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Wedding moment: Sītā garlands Rāma; sacred fire and mantras; Janaka’s dignified joy; Rāma’s serene fulfillment; Sītā radiant, otherworldly (ayonijā) aura.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Sītā
• King (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous life is completed through dharmic partnership; Sītā is portrayed as divinely manifested, underscoring the sacredness of their union.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is praised; the verse centers on Sītā’s divine origin and marriage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse speaks of marriage (vivāha) as an accomplished dharmic milestone.