Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

सगमः स पुनः सद्यो बंधुभिः सह सुव्रताः

Transliteration

sagamaḥ sa punaḥ sadyo baṃdhubhiḥ saha suvratāḥ

Translation

Sogleich zog er erneut fort, zusammen mit seinen Verwandten—Menschen guter Gelübde und disziplinierter Lebensführung.

Word by Word

• सगमः: Sagama (proper name)
• सगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुनः: again, then
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• बन्धुभिः: with (his) relatives
• बन्धुभिः: Sahakāraka / Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka / Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (postposition meaning 'with')

• सुव्रताः: of good vows, virtuous
• सुव्रताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक; सु + व्रत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sets out again immediately with kinsmen of good vows, moving along a Himalayan path toward Kedāra; travel gear, prayer beads, and a sense of purposeful ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Baṃdhu (kinsmen)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious journeys and sacred aims are to be undertaken with disciplined, vow-keeping companions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedāra-khaṇḍa, the implied sacred destination is Kedāra (Kedārnātha) and its dhārmic milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the general virtue of suvrata (good vows/observances) is indicated; no specific rite is stated.