Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

कुमुदांगदसुग्रीवनलजांबवदादिभिः । सहिता वानराः सर्वे न्यपतंस्तेन घातिताः

Transliteration

kumudāṃgadasugrīvanalajāṃbavadādibhiḥ | sahitā vānarāḥ sarve nyapataṃstena ghātitāḥ

Translation

കുമുദൻ, അങ്കദൻ, സുഗ്രീവൻ, നലൻ, ജാംബവാൻ മുതലായവരോടുകൂടിയ എല്ലാ വാനരരും അവന്റെ പ്രഹരത്തിൽ വീണുപോയി।

Word by Word

• कुमुदाङ्गदसुग्रीवनलजाम्बवदादिभिः: with Kumuda, Angada, Sugriva, Nala, Jambavan and others
• कुमुदाङ्गदसुग्रीवनलजाम्बवदादिभिः: Sahakari (Associative/सहकारी; with)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमुद (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक) + सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक) + नल (प्रातिपदिक) + जाम्बवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वसमास (नामसमूह) + आदिशब्द; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (…and others)

• सहिताः: accompanied/together
• सहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सह्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; वानराः इत्यस्य विशेषण (accompanied)

• वानराः: monkeys
• वानराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; वानराः इत्यस्य विशेषण

• न्यपतन्: fell down
• न्यपतन्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग) → निपत्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• घातिताः: slain/killed
• घातिताः: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → घातय्; क्त (PPP)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि/भावे अर्थे (having been slain)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Setukhaṇḍa context; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relaying the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumuda, Aṅgada, Sugrīva, Nala, Jāmbavān and many vānaras collapse together, struck by Indrajit; the battlefield is strewn with fallen heroes, conveying the scale of the blow.

Characters & Entities

• Kumuda
• Aṅgada
• Sugrīva
• Nala
• Jāmbavān
• Indrajit

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s path includes trials; collective devotion and perseverance endure even when setbacks occur.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram remains the implied sacred setting of Setukhaṇḍa, where these events form part of the tīrtha’s sanctifying legend.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.