Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अथ सीता परित्यक्ता तथा भ्राता स लक्ष्मणः । यदर्थं तत्र संप्राप्तः स्वयमेव द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

atha sītā parityaktā tathā bhrātā sa lakṣmaṇaḥ | yadarthaṃ tatra saṃprāptaḥ svayameva dvijottamāḥ

Translation

“Thus Sītā has been sent away, and so too my brother Lakṣmaṇa. For that very purpose I have come here myself, O best of the twice-born.”

Word by Word

• अथ: then, thereafter
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• सीता: Sītā
• सीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• परित्यक्ता: abandoned, forsaken
• परित्यक्ता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु) → परित्यक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘त्यक्ता’ = abandoned

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (thus/also)

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• स: he, that (person)
• स: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लक्ष्मणः: Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• यदर्थम्: for what purpose, why
• यदर्थम्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; ‘यस्य अर्थः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः; अव्ययार्थे (for which purpose/why)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• संप्राप्तः: arrived, reached
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ‘आगतः/प्राप्तः’

• स्वयम्: by oneself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Emphatic/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनः/स्वतः (oneself)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/only)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘उत्तमाः द्विजाः’

Speaker

Rāma (reported within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-smṛti-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, grave and restrained, speaks to assembled sages/elders (dvijottamas) about Sītā’s abandonment and Lakṣmaṇa’s departure; the atmosphere is heavy, dignified sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāma
• Dvijottama (Brahmins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narration presents the weight of royal dharma and its painful consequences, emphasizing responsibility and the gravity of public duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this line; it advances the Kiṣkindhā-linked narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.