Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

ते राममनुगत्योचुः सर्वे वानरयूथपाः । तवानुगमने राजन्संप्राप्ताः स्म इहानघ

Transliteration

te rāmamanugatyocuḥ sarve vānarayūthapāḥ | tavānugamane rājansaṃprāptāḥ sma ihānagha

Translation

Ihm folgend, sprachen alle Anführer der Vānara-Scharen: „O König, wir sind hierher gekommen, um dich auf deinem Weg zu begleiten; o Makelloser.“

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनुगत्य: having followed
• अनुगत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; 'having followed'

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम/विशेषणार्थ

• वानरयूथपाः: leaders of monkey troops
• वानरयूथपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर + यूथप (प्रातिपदिक); वानरयूथप (समस्तपद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (leaders of monkey-troops)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• अनुगमने: in (the act of) following
• अनुगमने: Adhikarana (Location/Topic/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनु + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; 'in/for following'

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संप्राप्ताः: have arrived
• संप्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'having arrived'

• स्म: indeed (past marker)
• स्म: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; भूतार्थ-स्मरण/पदपूरण (particle used with past sense/emphasis)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणवत् सम्बोधन (vocative epithet)

Speaker

Vānara-yūthapāḥ (leaders of the Vānaras)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The vānara troop-leaders close in behind Rāma (unseen or just ahead), hands folded or weapons lowered in reverence, speaking in unison: they have come to accompany the sinless king.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vānara-yūthapāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself as steadfast accompaniment—service that continues even beyond the completion of worldly battles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, as the sacred setting where devotees seek to remain with Rāma at the threshold of transcendence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a declaration of anugamana (accompanying) motivated by devotion.