Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तथागतं परिष्वज्य सादरं स विभीषणम् । तेनैव सहितः पश्चाल्लंकां तां प्रविवेश ह

Transliteration

tathāgataṃ pariṣvajya sādaraṃ sa vibhīṣaṇam | tenaiva sahitaḥ paścāllaṃkāṃ tāṃ praviveśa ha

Translation

L’ayant ainsi accueilli, il étreignit Vibhīṣaṇa avec honneur et tendresse, puis entra dans cette Laṅkā en sa compagnie.

Word by Word

• तथागतम्: thus arrived; having come
• तथागतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (acc. sg. neut.)

• परिष्वज्य: having embraced
• परिष्वज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि-√स्वज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाले क्रिया; ‘embracing (having embraced)’

• सादरम्: respectfully
• सादरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सादर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (acc. sg. neut. used adverbially)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• विभीषणम्: Vibhīṣaṇa
• विभीषणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (proper noun)

• तेन: with him; by him
• तेन: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘युक्तः/समेतः’ (with, accompanied)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• लङ्काम्: Laṅkā
• लङ्काम्: Karma/Goal (गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative of motion)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• प्रविवेश: entered
• प्रविवेश: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed (narrative particle)
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/itihāsa particle)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator; not explicitly named in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Laṅkā (Rāma-kathā-smṛti-sthala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Śaunaka group (typical Sūta frame; not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāghava embraces Vibhīṣaṇa with affectionate honor at the threshold of Laṅkā; vānaras stand behind, weapons lowered, mood of reconciliation.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Laṅkā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous leadership honors devotion and loyalty, transforming conflict-zones into spaces of dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Laṅkā as a city becomes the focal sacred landscape, entered under the auspices of dharma and rightful conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is mentioned.