Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पंचाशत्तदा ग्रामाः सीतापुरसमन्विताः । सत्यमंदिरपर्यंता रघुना थेन वै तदा

Transliteration

paṃcāśattadā grāmāḥ sītāpurasamanvitāḥ | satyamaṃdiraparyaṃtā raghunā thena vai tadā

Translation

اس زمانے میں رگھو کے نسل والے رام نے پچاس گاؤں سیتاپور کے ساتھ وابستہ کیے، جو ستیہ مندر کے احاطے تک پھیلے ہوئے تھے۔

Word by Word

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• पञ्चाशत्: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनार्थे विशेषणम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• ग्रामाः: villages
• ग्रामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सीतापुर-समन्विताः: connected with/including Sītāpura
• सीतापुर-समन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सीतापुर (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सीतापुरेण समन्विताः/युक्ताः)

• सत्यमन्दिर-पर्यन्ताः: extending up to Satyamandira
• सत्यमन्दिर-पर्यन्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यमन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सत्यमन्दिरं पर्यन्तं ये)

• रघुना: by Raghu’s descendant (Rāma)
• रघुना: Karana (Agent/instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-निर्देश), एकवचन

• थेन: (unclear; likely ‘tena’ = by him)
• थेन: Sambandha (Unclear/पाठभेद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: थेन (अव्यय/पाठभेद)
• Form: अव्यय; पाठदोष/पाठभेद-सूचक; सम्भाव्यं ‘तेन’ (तद्-तृतीया) इति

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītāpura / Satyamandira precincts

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic depiction of Sītāpura with surrounding villages; boundary stones or markers leading to the Satyamandira precinct; Rāma’s officials recording grants while pilgrims move toward the truth-shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Sītāpura
• Satyamandira
• Rāma (Raghuvaṃśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places flourish when supported by stable communities—linking villages to a tīrtha creates enduring dhārmic infrastructure.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Sītāpura and the surrounding sacred zone reaching to Satyamandira.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it records endowment/administrative integration of villages for the sacred center’s support.