Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यावत्सांत्वयते रामो दूतं शक्रसमुद्भवम् । ममोपरि दयां कृत्वा विनयावनतस्य हि

Transliteration

yāvatsāṃtvayate rāmo dūtaṃ śakrasamudbhavam | mamopari dayāṃ kṛtvā vinayāvanatasya hi

Translation

Bis Rāma den aus Śakra (Indra) hervorgegangenen Boten getröstet hat, erbarme dich meiner; denn ich bin in Demut gebeugt.

Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as; until
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल-परिमाणवाचक (temporal limit: 'as long as/until')

• sāṃtvayate: comforts; conciliates
• sāṃtvayate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sāṃtvay (धातु; सान्त्वयति)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन

• dūtam: the messenger
• dūtam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन

• śakra-samudbhavam: born of/issued from Śakra (Indra)
• śakra-samudbhavam: Karman-anvaya (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'śakrasya samudbhavaḥ'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; dūtaṃ विशेषण

• mama: of me; my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• upari: upon; towards; over
• upari: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb/preposition)

• dayām: compassion
• dayām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done; having shown
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); 'having done/made'

• vinaya-avanatasya: of (me) bowed down in humility
• vinaya-avanatasya: Sambandha (Qualifier of possessor/सम्बन्धविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinaya (प्रातिपदिक) + avanata (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/तृतीया-भाव: 'vinayena avanataḥ'); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन; (mama) विशेषण

• hi: indeed; for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (contextual continuation addressing Durvāsā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble petitioner pleads for compassion while Rāma is engaged consoling Indra’s messenger; the atmosphere is charged with impending curse and the ethics of hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devadūta (messenger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and compassion are invoked to resolve dharmic tension; the verse elevates vinaya (submission) as a means to protect dharma in crisis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.