Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यथा सीता परित्यक्ता यथा सौमित्रिणा कृतः । परित्यागः स्वकीयस्य संत्यक्तेन महात्मना

Transliteration

yathā sītā parityaktā yathā saumitriṇā kṛtaḥ | parityāgaḥ svakīyasya saṃtyaktena mahātmanā

Translation

Il dit comment Sītā fut abandonnée; et comment Saumitrī (Lakṣmaṇa) accomplit l’abandon de sa bien-aimée—ce grand être à qui l’on avait ordonné de renoncer.

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/Modal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकारवाचक) = indeclinable; ‘as/how’

• सीता: Sītā
• सीता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• परित्यक्ता: was abandoned
• परित्यक्ता: Kriya (Predicative/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+त्यज् (धातु) → परित्यक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) = past passive participle; प्रथमा-एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (nominative singular feminine)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/Modal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकारवाचक)

• सौमित्रिणा: by Saumitrī (Lakṣmaṇa)
• सौमित्रिणा: Karana (Agent/Doer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमित्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• कृतः: was done/made
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicative/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) = past passive participle; प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (nominative singular masculine); (परित्यागः) कृतः = ‘was done’

• परित्यागः: abandonment
• परित्यागः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि+त्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• स्वकीयस्य: of one’s own (kinsman)
• स्वकीयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वकीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular); विशेष्य: (जनस्य/स्वजनस्य) implied

• संत्यक्तेन: by the one who had renounced
• संत्यक्तेन: Karana (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+त्यज् (धातु) → संत्यक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) used adjectivally; पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Rāma recounting to the sage is implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghūttama (Rāma) and/or the assembled sages (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poignant recollection: Sītā’s abandonment and Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī) carrying out the command, torn between devotion and sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Saumitrī (Lakṣmaṇa)
• Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma often presents painful choices where duty and renunciation are weighed with grave responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly named; the verse functions within a tīrtha-discourse setting where life-events are reviewed before a sage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative recollection of renunciation and obedience.