Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

प्रतिजग्राह रामस्तं स्वागतेन महात्मना । सुग्रीवस्य तु शंकाऽभूत्प्रणिधिः स्यादयं त्विति

Transliteration

pratijagrāha rāmastaṃ svāgatena mahātmanā | sugrīvasya tu śaṃkā'bhūtpraṇidhiḥ syādayaṃ tviti

Translation

Der großherzige Rāma empfing ihn mit Worten des Willkommens. Doch Sugrīva hegte Zweifel: „Ist dieser etwa ein Späher?“

Word by Word

• प्रतिजग्राह: received/welcomed
• प्रतिजग्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• स्वागतेन: with a welcome
• स्वागतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); ‘welcome’ (as means/manner)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (Rāma)
• महात्मना: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); कर्मधारयः (महान् आत्मा)

• सुग्रीवस्य: of Sugrīva
• सुग्रीवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (but/indeed)

• शङ्का: suspicion
• शङ्का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• अभूत्: arose/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• प्रणिधिः: spy/agent
• प्रणिधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• स्यात्: might be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• त्व: but
• त्व: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय; छन्दसि/पाठभेदे)
• Form: निपात (particle; here in sandhi with इति: ‘tu iti’ → ‘tv iti’)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यपरिसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma welcomes Vibhīṣaṇa warmly; Sugrīva, slightly aside, shows suspicion and consultative posture; vānaras appear alert, creating tension between hospitality and caution.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Sugrīva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma balances compassion with prudence: welcoming the seeker is noble, while careful discernment protects the community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode unfolds in the Cakratīrtha locale within the Setu-khaṇḍa pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is ethical conduct—hospitality (svāgata) and vigilance.