Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

गवाक्षेण नलेनेव तथा जांबवतापि च । दशभिर्वानरैः सार्धं समारूढः स पुष्पके

Transliteration

gavākṣeṇa naleneva tathā jāṃbavatāpi ca | daśabhirvānaraiḥ sārdhaṃ samārūḍhaḥ sa puṣpake

Translation

ഗവാക്ഷൻ, നലൻ, ജാംബവാൻ എന്നിവരോടൊപ്പം പത്ത് വാനരയോദ്ധാക്കളുമായി ചേർന്ന് അദ്ദേഹം പുഷ്പകവിമാനത്തിൽ കയറി।

Word by Word

• गवाक्षेण: by Gavākṣa
• गवाक्षेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गवाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• नलेन: by Nala
• नलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• इव: as/like
• इव: Sambandha/Upamā (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय — indeclinable of comparison

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/समुच्चय-अव्यय — adverb/conjunctive indeclinable

• जाम्बवतापि: also by Jāmbavat
• जाम्बवतापि: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाम्बवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: जाम्बवत्—पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; अपि—समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय — Jāmbavat: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; api: indeclinable ‘also’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय — conjunction

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Sahakāraka (Co-agent marker)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Numeral adjective, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• वानरैः: monkeys
• वानरैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय — indeclinable meaning ‘together with’

• समारूढः: having mounted/ascended
• समारूढः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह् (धातु) → समारूढ (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• पुष्पके: in/on the Puṣpaka (aerial car)
• पुष्पके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma boards the radiant Puṣpaka vimāna with Gavākṣa, Nala, Jāmbavān and ten vānaras; a compact martial retinue poised for swift travel.

Characters & Entities

• Gavākṣa
• Nala
• Jāmbavān
• Puṣpaka
• Vānaraḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous undertakings proceed with capable allies; coordinated action and companionship are repeatedly praised in Purāṇic dharma narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it advances the travel narrative within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.