Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

तथा प्रजाश्च सकलाः सपुत्राश्च सवबांधवाः । राघवस्यानुगाश्चासन्दृष्ट्वा विगतकल्मषम्

Transliteration

tathā prajāśca sakalāḥ saputrāśca savabāṃdhavāḥ | rāghavasyānugāścāsandṛṣṭvā vigatakalmaṣam

Translation

Ebenso wurde das ganze Volk — mitsamt Söhnen und Verwandten — zu Anhängern Rāghavas, da sie ihn frei von jedem Makel der Sünde erblickten.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘तद्वत्/एवम्’ (likewise)

• प्रजाः: the people
• प्रजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — कर्तृपद (nominative plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction ‘and’

• सकलाः: all
• सकलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — विशेषण (all/entire)

• सपुत्राः: with their sons
• सपुत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — बहुव्रीहिः: ‘ये पुत्रैः सह’ (those who have sons/with their sons)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• सबान्धवाः: with their relatives
• सबान्धवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — बहुव्रीहिः: ‘ये बान्धवैः सह’ (with relatives)

• राघवस्य: of Rāghava
• राघवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — सम्बन्ध (genitive singular)

• अनुगाः: followers
• अनुगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग (प्रातिपदिक; अनु + √गम् भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘अनुयायिन्यः’ (followers)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु √अस् ‘to be’)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — परस्मैपद (they were)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त, त्वान्त; √दृश् ‘to see’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — ‘seeing/having seen’

• विगतकल्मषम्: free from sin/impurity
• विगतकल्मषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत (कृदन्त, √गम् ‘to go’ + वि-) + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — समासः: विगतं कल्मषं यस्य (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय); ‘पापरहितम्’ (accusative singular, describing Rāghavam implied)

Speaker

Brahmā to Nārada (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: People of all ages with sons and relatives gaze upon Rāma’s serene, stainless face; their expressions soften into resolve; the crowd’s movement becomes orderly following, as if purified by sight.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Prajā (people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the sinless Lord purifies; recognizing divine purity inspires people to become steadfast followers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, where Rāma’s darśana is portrayed as a direct cause of purification and devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the verse implies the purificatory power of darśana (beholding the divine).