Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ततश्चैकादशे प्राप्ते दिवसे रघुनंदनः । पुष्पकं तत्समारुह्य प्रस्थितः स्वपुरीं प्रति

Transliteration

tataścaikādaśe prāpte divase raghunaṃdanaḥ | puṣpakaṃ tatsamāruhya prasthitaḥ svapurīṃ prati

Translation

பின்னர் பதினொன்றாம் நாள் வந்தபோது ரகுகுல நந்தனன் ஸ்ரீராமன் அந்த புஷ்பக விமானத்தில் ஏறி தன் நகரை நோக்கிப் புறப்பட்டான்.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

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

• एकादशे: on the eleventh
• एकादशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• प्राप्ते: having arrived, when (it) came
• प्राप्ते: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त) ‘प्राप्त’; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘दिवसे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• रघुनन्दनः: Raghunandana (Rāma)
• रघुनन्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘रघोः नन्दनः’ (descendant/son of Raghu)

• पुष्पकम्: Puṣpaka (the aerial chariot)
• पुष्पकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘पुष्पकम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• समारुह्य: having mounted
• समारुह्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ√रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having mounted/ascended’

• प्रस्थितः: set out, departed
• प्रस्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘set out’

• स्वपुरीम्: to his own city
• स्वपुरीम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘स्वा पुरी’ (one’s own city)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition/postposition) गत्यर्थे

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setubandha (departure tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the eleventh day, Rāma ascends the radiant Puṣpaka; vānaras and Vibhīṣaṇa stand below near the sea; the Setu line glimmers as the vimāna lifts.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• Puṣpaka Vimāna
• Ayodhyā (implied as svapurī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Completion of duty is followed by rightful return—dharma is fulfilled through orderly closure, not lingering in triumph.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s focal sacred geography remains Setubandha–Rāmeśvara; this verse marks the narrative turning toward departure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None mentioned.