Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

श्राद्धार्थं तस्य संप्राप्ता रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु रामः सीतामभाषत

Transliteration

śrāddhārthaṃ tasya saṃprāptā rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ | etasminneva kāle tu rāmaḥ sītāmabhāṣata

Translation

Họ đến đó để cử hành lễ Śrāddha cho Rāma, bậc có hành nghiệp không mỏi mệt và không tì vết. Ngay lúc ấy, Rāma cất lời với Sītā.

Word by Word

• śrāddhārtham: for the śrāddha purpose
• śrāddhārtham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha + artha (प्रातिपदिक; श्राद्ध-अर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (śrāddhasya arthaḥ = for the purpose of śrāddha)

• tasya: of him / his
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃprāptāḥ: arrived / came
• saṃprāptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (प्राप्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे (having arrived)

• rāmasya: of Rāma
• rāmasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• akliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ: of the unwearied/unstained-in-deeds (Rāma)
• akliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kliṣṭa + karmaṇ (प्रातिपदिक; अक्लिष्ट-कर्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (akliṣṭaṃ karma yasya = whose deeds are untroubled/unstained); rāmasya इत्यस्य विशेषण

• etasmin: in/at this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: then / indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थक/विरोधार्थक

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sītām: Sītā
• sītām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• abhāṣata: spoke to / addressed
• abhāṣata: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√bhāṣ (भाष्) (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Īśvara/Śiva in this adhyāya’s framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, poised and serene, prepares for śrāddha at Prabhāsa as sages arrive; he turns to Sītā to coordinate the rite, indicating household participation in sacred duty.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Performing śrāddha with sincerity and proper timing is upheld as a central duty (dharma) toward one’s ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative situates Rāma’s śrāddha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha (ancestral rite), implying feeding brāhmaṇas and offering piṇḍa and water as per tradition.