Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

एवं प्रलपमानस्य मम प्राप्ताः सुहृज्जनाः । अन्वेषंतः पदं तत्र वनेषु विषमेषु च

Transliteration

evaṃ pralapamānasya mama prāptāḥ suhṛjjanāḥ | anveṣaṃtaḥ padaṃ tatra vaneṣu viṣameṣu ca

Translation

Mientras yo así me lamentaba, llegaron allí mis amigos bienintencionados, buscando el rastro—por los bosques y aun por parajes difíciles.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: “thus”)

• प्रलपमानस्य: of (one) lamenting
• प्रलपमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + लप् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present participle, Ātmanepada sense); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; “of (me) lamenting/talking incoherently”

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्राप्ताः: arrived, came
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) प्रयुक्तः विधेय-रूपेण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; “(they) arrived/have come”

• सुहृज्जनाः: friends, well-wishers
• सुहृज्जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुहृदां जनाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अन्वेषन्तः: seeking
• अन्वेषन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + इष्/एष् (धातु: अन्वेष्) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; “seeking”

• पदम्: footprint, trace, place
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• वनेषु: in forests
• वनेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• विषमेषु: difficult, uneven
• विषमेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (वनानाम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: “and”)

Speaker

Narrated in Sūta’s discourse

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta (Sūtanandana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of concerned friends arriving, scanning the ground for footprints, moving through dense forest and rocky passes, carrying staffs and travel gear.

Characters & Entities

• Friends/well-wishers (suhṛjjanāḥ)
• Forest (vana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In संकट (distress), the righteous are supported by suhṛts; dharma values community responsibility and timely help.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative setting; it does not itself specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.