Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

विद्याधराश्च गंधर्वा मानवाः पन्नगास्तथा । अन्ये च भूतनिवहा रामं दश रथात्मजम्

Transliteration

vidyādharāśca gaṃdharvā mānavāḥ pannagāstathā | anye ca bhūtanivahā rāmaṃ daśa rathātmajam

Translation

വിദ്യാധരന്മാർ, ഗന്ധർവന്മാർ, മനുഷ്യർ, പന്നഗങ്ങൾ (നാഗങ്ങൾ) കൂടാതെ മറ്റു ഭൂതനിവഹങ്ങൾ—എല്ലാവരും ദശരഥാത്മജനായ രാമനെ ചുറ്റി സമവേതരായി.

Word by Word

• विद्याधराः: Vidyādharas
• विद्याधराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मानवाः: humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पन्नगाः: serpents (Nāgas)
• पन्नगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (also/likewise)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूत-निवहाः: hosts of beings
• भूत-निवहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + निवह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतनिवह = भूतानां निवहः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• रामम्: Rāma
• रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दशरथ-आत्मजम्: son of Daśaratha
• दशरथ-आत्मजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; दशरथात्मज = दशरथस्य आत्मजः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual), continuing immediately after Agni’s declaration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand congregation: Vidyādharas in the sky with garlands, Gandharvas with instruments, humans in orderly rows, Nāgas with jeweled hoods, and diverse bhūta-gaṇas—all oriented toward Rāma at center.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādharas
• Gandharvas
• Pannagas (Nāgas)
• Rāma
• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous acts resonate across worlds—dharma is witnessed and honored by beings of every realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene belongs to Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu region; the tīrtha named in this adhyāya is Agnitīrtha (in later verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive narrative of the assembled beings.