Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यावत्सांत्वयते रामो दूतं शक्रसमुद्भवम् । ममोपरि दयां कृत्वा विनयावनतस्य हि

Transliteration

yāvatsāṃtvayate rāmo dūtaṃ śakrasamudbhavam | mamopari dayāṃ kṛtvā vinayāvanatasya hi

Translation

Jusqu’à ce que Rāma ait fini de réconforter le messager issu de Śakra (Indra), aie pitié de moi, car je suis courbé dans l’humilité.

Word by Word

• yāvat: as long as; until
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल-परिमाणवाचक (temporal limit: 'as long as/until')

• sāṃtvayate: comforts; conciliates
• sāṃtvayate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sāṃtvay (धातु; सान्त्वयति)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन

• dūtam: the messenger
• dūtam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन

• śakra-samudbhavam: born of/issued from Śakra (Indra)
• śakra-samudbhavam: Karman-anvaya (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'śakrasya samudbhavaḥ'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; dūtaṃ विशेषण

• mama: of me; my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• upari: upon; towards; over
• upari: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb/preposition)

• dayām: compassion
• dayām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done; having shown
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); 'having done/made'

• vinaya-avanatasya: of (me) bowed down in humility
• vinaya-avanatasya: Sambandha (Qualifier of possessor/सम्बन्धविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinaya (प्रातिपदिक) + avanata (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/तृतीया-भाव: 'vinayena avanataḥ'); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन; (mama) विशेषण

• hi: indeed; for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (contextual continuation addressing Durvāsā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble petitioner pleads for compassion while Rāma is engaged consoling Indra’s messenger; the atmosphere is charged with impending curse and the ethics of hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Devadūta (messenger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and compassion are invoked to resolve dharmic tension; the verse elevates vinaya (submission) as a means to protect dharma in crisis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.