Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नपि महारण्ये गच्छमानः पुरादहम् । । अपि संधार्यमाणेन अनुयातस्त्वया तदा

Transliteration

tasminnapi mahāraṇye gacchamānaḥ purādaham | | api saṃdhāryamāṇena anuyātastvayā tadā

Translation

ಆ ಮಹಾರಣ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ, ನಾನು ನಗರದಿಂದ ಹೊರಟಾಗ, ನೀನು ಕಷ್ಟಗಳನ್ನು ಸಹಿಸಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ ನನ್ನ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬಂದೆ।

Word by Word

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपात (also/even)

• mahāraṇye: in the great forest
• mahāraṇye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + araṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—महच्च तत् अरण्यम् (कर्मधारय)

• gacchamānaḥ: going
• gacchamānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• purāt: from the city
• purāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपादानार्थक (ablatival adverb) ‘from the city/earlier’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपात (also/even)

• saṃdhāryamāṇena: by (someone) supporting/holding (me)
• saṃdhāryamāṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: शानच्/मान-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; नपुंसक/पुं-रूपेण साधनभावः (being supported/held)

• anuyātaḥ: was followed/accompanied
• anuyātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√yā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि/कर्मणि सन्दिग्धम्—अत्र ‘अनुयातः (I was accompanied/followed)’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then/at that time)

Speaker

Rāghava (Rāma) (continued lament)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarayū-taṭa (present); Araṇya-smṛti (recalled dharma-path)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, still by the Sarayū, recalls the great forest: a faint ‘memory-vision’ of the exile path—trees, hermitages, and Lakṣmaṇa walking behind him—overlays the present mourning scene.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Forest exile (mahāraṇya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless service and unwavering companionship in dharma are celebrated as virtues that outlast even death, worthy of sacred remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage glorifies the Sarayū tīrtha; this verse recalls earlier vanavāsa as part of the moral framing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is commemorative speech recalling acts of endurance and support.