Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ततः स रघुसत्तमः । बाढमित्येव चोक्त्वाथ चापं सज्जीचकार सः

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tataḥ sa raghusattamaḥ | bāḍhamityeva coktvātha cāpaṃ sajjīcakāra saḥ

Translation

ତାହାର କଥା ଶୁଣି ରଘୁବଂଶଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ‘ବାଢମ୍—ତଥାସ୍ତୁ’ ବୋଲି କହି, ତତ୍କ୍ଷଣାତ୍ ନିଜ ଧନୁଷକୁ ସଜାଗ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• tad: that
• tad: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देश-विशेषणम् (demonstrative)

• vacanam: speech, words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावः (gerund/absolutive)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Desha-Kala (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय; tad-प्रभव)
• Form: क्रम-अव्ययम् (adverb: then/thereupon)

• sa: he
• sa: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• raghusattamaḥ: the best of the Raghus (Rāma)
• raghusattamaḥ: Apposition (Renaming/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘raghoḥ sattamaḥ’ = ‘best of the Raghus’

• bāḍham: certainly / yes
• bāḍham: Vakyartha (Discourse/वाक्यार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bāḍham (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वीकृति-अव्ययम् (particle of assent)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vakyartha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphasis/only)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive)

• atha: then
• atha: Desha-Kala (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर-अव्ययम् (then/now)

• cāpam: bow
• cāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• sajjīcakāra: made ready, prepared
• sajjīcakāra: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sajjī (नामधातु/प्रातिपदिक) + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; नामधातु-पूर्वपदेन ‘सज्जी-’ (to make ready)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator (unidentified) describing Śrī Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-bandha kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Raghusattama, having assented, reaches for and strings his bow; attendants watch in tense anticipation.

Characters & Entities

• Raghusattama (Śrī Rāma)
• Cāpa (bow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic leadership acts decisively to remove obstacles and protect devotees and pilgrims on the sacred path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The action unfolds in the Setu-madhya/Rāmeśvara context in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates protective action by Śrī Rāma.