Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ततो जगर्ज सुग्रीवो वाल्यागमनकांक्षया । अमृष्यमाणो वाली च गर्जितं स्वानुजस्य वै

Transliteration

tato jagarja sugrīvo vālyāgamanakāṃkṣayā | amṛṣyamāṇo vālī ca garjitaṃ svānujasya vai

Translation

Da brüllte Sugrīva, in Sehnsucht nach Vālis Erscheinen. Und auch Vāli, der es nicht ertragen konnte, vernahm das Brüllen seines eigenen jüngeren Bruders.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक

• जगर्ज: roared
• जगर्ज: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सुग्रीवः: Sugriva
• सुग्रीवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वालि-आगमन-काङ्क्षया: with the desire for Vali's coming
• वालि-आगमन-काङ्क्षया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालि + आगमन + काङ्क्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वाल्याः आगमनस्य काङ्क्षा)

• अमृष्यमाणः: not enduring, intolerant
• अमृष्यमाणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present participle, Ātmanepada sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; न-प्रत्ययेन निषेध (not tolerating)

• वाली: Vali
• वाली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• गर्जितम्: the roar
• गर्जितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle used as noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्व-अनुजस्य: of his own younger brother
• स्व-अनुजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + अनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (स्वः अनुजः = own younger brother)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Prayojaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/खलु-अर्थक (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-kṣetra (Vāli-dvāra episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sugrīva stands before Kiṣkindhā and roars a challenge; within, Vāli bristles with rage, hearing his brother’s roar—split-scene tension between outside and palace interior.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Vāli

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked pride and unresolved injustice escalate conflict; dharma requires confronting wrongdoing, but with discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised; the verse belongs to the Kiṣkindhā episode within the Setukhaṇḍa narrative flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.