Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

ऋक्षवानररक्षांसि जनाश्च पुरवासिनः । आगत्य परया भक्त्या पृष्ठतः समुपाययुः

Transliteration

ṛkṣavānararakṣāṃsi janāśca puravāsinaḥ | āgatya parayā bhaktyā pṛṣṭhataḥ samupāyayuḥ

Translation

ऋक्ष, वानर व राक्षस तसेच नगरवासी लोक—सर्वजण आले आणि पराभक्तीने राघवाच्या पाठीमागे चालू लागले।

Word by Word

• ऋक्षवानररक्षांसि: bears, monkeys, and rākṣasas
• ऋक्षवानररक्षांसि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष + वानर + रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (समाहारद्वन्द्वः)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• पुरवासिनः: city-dwellers
• पुरवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भक्त्या)

• भक्त्या: devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पृष्ठतः: from behind/at the back
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• समुपाययुः: followed/came along
• समुपाययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उप + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Deductive: Brahmā to Nārada (Vaiṣṇava Khaṇḍa framing); narrative voice describing Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A striking mixed procession: bears and monkeys alongside rākṣasas and city-dwellers, all with folded hands and shining devotion, following closely behind Rāma.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Ayodhyā
• Ṛkṣa
• Vānara
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme devotion to Rāma draws all beings—across social and species boundaries—into the path of liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, presented as a city whose inhabitants are naturally oriented toward Rāma and spiritual ascent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on bhakti and accompanying the Lord as a dharmic act.