Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

मार्गमाणौ तदा तौ तु भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ

Transliteration

mārgamāṇau tadā tau tu bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau

Translation

Bấy giờ hai huynh đệ, Rāma và Lakṣmaṇa, đang miệt mài tìm kiếm nàng.

Word by Word

• मार्गमाणौ: seeking, searching
• मार्गमाणौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mṛg (मृग्/मार्ग्) → mārgamāṇa (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त, आत्मनेपदी) = present middle participle; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = temporal adverb

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम = masculine nominative dual pronoun

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle

• भ्रातरौ: the two brothers
• भ्रातरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन = masculine nominative dual

• रामलक्ष्मणौ: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
• रामलक्ष्मणौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma + lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः = masculine nominative dual

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa move through dense forest, searching for Sītā—bows in hand, eyes scanning, footprints and broken branches hinting at the path.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is active and persevering; the righteous do not sink into despair but undertake purposeful effort to restore order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified in this standalone verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.