Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अथ ते वानरा दृष्ट्वा प्रोद्द्योतं पुष्पकोद्भवम् । विज्ञाय राघवं प्राप्तं सत्वरं सम्मुखा ययुः

Transliteration

atha te vānarā dṛṣṭvā proddyotaṃ puṣpakodbhavam | vijñāya rāghavaṃ prāptaṃ satvaraṃ sammukhā yayuḥ

Translation

ثم إن أبطال الفانارا، لما رأوا مركبة بُشْبَكَ المتلألئة إشراقًا، علموا أن راغهافا (راما) قد وصل؛ فسارعوا في الحال للتقدّم واستقباله وجهًا لوجه.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक निपात (then/now)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• वानराः: monkeys
• वानराः: Karta (Apposition to ‘te’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyā (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• प्रोद्द्योतम्: the bright radiance/illumination
• प्रोद्द्योतम्: Karma (Object of ‘dṛṣṭvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: proddyota (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• पुष्पक-उद्भवम्: arising from the Puṣpaka (car)
• पुष्पक-उद्भवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘proddyotam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣpaka + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (पुष्पकात् उद्भवः/सम्भवः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• विज्ञाय: having recognized
• विज्ञाय: Kriyā (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having recognized/understood)

• राघवम्: Rāghava (Rama)
• राघवम्: Karma (Object of ‘vijñāya’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• प्राप्तम्: arrived
• प्राप्तम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘राघवम्’ इति कर्मणि विशेषण (Masculine, Accusative, Singular; ‘arrived’)

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-tvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: hastily)

• सम्मुखाः: facing (him), in front
• सम्मुखाः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); ‘ते वानराः’ इति विशेषण (facing)

• ययुः: went
• ययुः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन (3rd person plural)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta implied by surrounding epic-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā (Puṣpaka-darśana/Pratyudgama-smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vānara heroes look up and see Puṣpaka blazing in the sky; realization dawns—Rāma has come—so they rush forward in eager formation.

Characters & Entities

• Vānara
• Puṣpaka
• Rāghava (Rāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Swift, devoted reception of the righteous (dhārmika) lord is presented as a mark of loyal dharma and auspicious community conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya framework but here highlights the Kiṣkindhā sacred landscape through the Rāma narrative rather than naming a specific bathing-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is narrative description of arrival and reception.