Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

उवाच वचनं राजा विप्रान्विनयतत्परः । जपन्दाशरथिं रामं रामरामेति वै पुनः

Transliteration

uvāca vacanaṃ rājā viprānvinayatatparaḥ | japandāśarathiṃ rāmaṃ rāmarāmeti vai punaḥ

Translation

Nhà vua nói với các bà-la-môn bằng lòng khiêm cung đầy sùng kính, đồng thời không ngừng trì niệm Rāma—con của Daśaratha—hết lần này đến lần khác: “Rāma, Rāma.”

Word by Word

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• वचनम्: speech; words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• विनय: with humility
• विनय: Hetu/Upaya (Means/हेतु-उपाय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular) (समासे पूर्वपद)

• तत्परः: devoted/intent
• तत्परः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective) राज्ञः

• जपन्: chanting
• जपन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• दाशरथिम्: the son of Daśaratha (Rama)
• दाशरथिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशरथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• राम: Rama
• राम: Sambodhana/Quotation (Address/उक्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन-रूप (Nominative/Vocative-like in quotation), एकवचन; मन्त्र/उक्ति-भाग

• राम: Rama
• राम: Sambodhana/Quotation (Address/उक्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन-रूप, एकवचन; मन्त्र/उक्ति-भाग

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उक्ति-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, hands folded in humility, addresses seated brāhmaṇas while softly repeating ‘Rāma, Rāma’; a calm court or forest-āśrama setting with prayer beads and a subdued devotional aura.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Dāśarathi)
• Brāhmaṇas (Vipra)
• King (Rājā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility before the virtuous and nāma-japa together become the king’s path of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya setting is the sacred backdrop for the efficacy of devotion and repentance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rāma-nāma japa—repetition of “Rāma, Rāma”—is explicitly shown as a devotional practice.