Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एवं स निश्चयं कृत्वा ततो राममुपाद्रवत् । उवाच दंडवद्भूमौ प्रणिपत्य कृतांजलिः

Transliteration

evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā tato rāmamupādravat | uvāca daṃḍavadbhūmau praṇipatya kṛtāṃjaliḥ

Translation

असा निश्चय करून तो रामाकडे धावला; भूमीवर दंडवत् प्रणाम करून, हात जोडून बोलला।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverb of manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner: thus)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• niścayam: a resolve; decision
• niścayam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having made'

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/locative adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रम (then/from there)

• rāmam: Rama
• rāmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• upādravat: ran up to; approached quickly
• upādravat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dru (धातु; द्रवति) with upa- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• daṇḍavat: prostrate (like a stick)
• daṇḍavat: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: daṇḍavat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: like a staff, prostrate)

• bhūmau: on the ground
• bhūmau: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• praṇipatya: having prostrated
• praṇipatya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु) with praṇi- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having bowed down'

• kṛta-añjaliḥ: with hands folded (in reverence)
• kṛta-añjaliḥ: Kartā-anvaya (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from kṛ) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: 'kṛtaḥ añjaliḥ yena'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; saḥ विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmaṇa rushes to Rāma, then falls full-length like a staff on the ground, hands joined, and begins to speak—an image of urgent devotion and disciplined humility.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa (implied)
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and reverence are integral to dharma: urgent matters are addressed with respect, not arrogance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is a narrative transition within the chapter’s sacred account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional gesture is shown: daṇḍavat praṇāma and kṛtāñjali (folded hands), indicating proper respectful conduct.