Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

बाढमित्येव स प्रोच्य हनूमान्धरणीतलम् । गत्वा शीघ्रं पुनः प्राह प्रणिपत्य रघूत्तमम्

Transliteration

bāḍhamityeva sa procya hanūmāndharaṇītalam | gatvā śīghraṃ punaḥ prāha praṇipatya raghūttamam

Translation

「しかるべし」と言って、ハヌマーンは速やかに地上へ降りた。やがて戻り、ラグーッタマ（ラーマ）に伏して礼拝し、再び申し上げた。

Word by Word

• bāḍham: certainly, indeed (yes)
• bāḍham: Vākya-upapada (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bāḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; अव्ययवत् (interjection/adverb: assent)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-bodhaka (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• procya: having said
• procya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); 'having said'

• hanūmān: Hanumān
• hanūmān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• dharaṇī-talam: the surface of the earth
• dharaṇī-talam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: 'earth-surface'); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb of manner/speed)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: repetition)

• prāha: said, spoke
• prāha: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• praṇipatya: having bowed
• praṇipatya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): 'having bowed down'

• raghūttamam: Raghūttama (Rāma), the best of the Raghus
• raghūttamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: 'best of the Raghus'); पुंलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān, having said ‘So be it’, leaps down to earth with speed, then returns and bows at Rāma’s feet, speaking with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Rāma (Raghūttama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service (sevā) is marked by swift action, humility, and respectful reporting—qualities that support the revelation of sacred truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanumān’s descent is the narrative bridge to identifying the holy field beneath the halted Puṣpaka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse highlights praṇāma (reverent bowing) as a dhārmic conduct before speaking.