Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ततस्तेनैव संयुक्ताः किष्किन्धां तां महापुरीम् । विविशुः सत्पताकाभिः समंतात्समलंकृताम्

Transliteration

tatastenaiva saṃyuktāḥ kiṣkindhāṃ tāṃ mahāpurīm | viviśuḥ satpatākābhiḥ samaṃtātsamalaṃkṛtām

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം അദ്ദേഹത്തോടൊപ്പം അവർ കിഷ്കിന്ധാ എന്ന മഹാനഗരത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു; അത് എല്ലാടവും ശുഭപതാകകളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then)

• तेन: with him
• तेन: Saha/Karaṇa (Association/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental Singular: by/with him/that)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• संयुक्ताः: joined/escorted
• संयुक्ताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural: joined/associated)

• किष्किन्धाम्: Kiṣkindhā
• किष्किन्धाम्: Karma (Object/goal of entering)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṣkindhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular); ‘किष्किन्धाम्/महापुरीम्’ इति विशेषण (that)

• महापुरीम्: the great city
• महापुरीम्: Karma (Apposition to ‘kiṣkindhām’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महती च सा पुरी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• विविशुः: entered
• विविशुः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन (3rd person plural)

• सत्पताकाभिः: with fine banners
• सत्पताकाभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means of adornment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + patākā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (सत्=सुन्दर/उत्तमाः पताकाः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Plural)

• समन्तात्: on all sides
• समन्तात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: परितः-अर्थक अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

• समलंकृताम्: well-adorned
• समलंकृताम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अलं + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘महापुरीम्’ इति विशेषण (Feminine, Accusative, Singular: well-adorned)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-nagara-praveśa-smṛti

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and the vānaras enter Kiṣkindhā’s grand gates; the city is ringed with fluttering banners and festive adornments on all sides.

Characters & Entities

• Kiṣkindhā
• Vānara
• Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous leader’s presence turns the realm into an auspicious space—order, beauty, and honor naturally arise around dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kiṣkindhā is foregrounded as a sacred locale within the Purāṇic landscape, though no specific tīrtha-spot is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.