Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

ततश्च तं परिष्वज्य रामोऽपि निजबांधवम् । बाष्पक्लिन्नमुखः प्राह क्षांतं वत्स मया तव

Transliteration

tataśca taṃ pariṣvajya rāmo'pi nijabāṃdhavam | bāṣpaklinnamukhaḥ prāha kṣāṃtaṃ vatsa mayā tava

Translation

Then Rāma too embraced his own kinsman. With his face wet with tears he said, “Child, I have forgiven you.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — ‘him’

• परिष्वज्य: having embraced
• परिष्वज्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√स्वज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — ‘having embraced’

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय/अपि-कार) — ‘also, even’

• निजबान्धवम्: his own relative
• निजबान्धवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘one’s own kinsman’

• बाष्पक्लिन्नमुखः: with a tear-wet face
• बाष्पक्लिन्नमुखः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाष्प + क्लिन्न + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘whose face is wet with tears’

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘said’

• क्षान्तम्: forgiven, pardoned
• क्षान्तम्: Karma (Object/complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगे—‘(it is) forgiven / pardon (granted)’

• वत्स: dear one, child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — ‘dear child’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण/कर्ता), एकवचन — ‘by me’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘your/of you’

Speaker

Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma embraces Lakṣmaṇa; both are tearful. Rāma speaks gently: ‘Forgiven, child.’ The moment is intimate, healing, and solemn.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Forgiveness (kṣamā) is a royal and spiritual virtue; it restores harmony and purifies relationships.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse contributes to the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya tone by modeling purification through compassion, without naming a site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is described; the ‘practice’ here is forgiveness expressed through embrace and consoling words.