Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततः सुग्रीवमभ्येत्य अहनद्वालिवानरम् । प्रेषिता रामदेवेन हनुमत्प्रमुखाः प्रियाम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sugrīvamabhyetya ahanadvālivānaram | preṣitā rāmadevena hanumatpramukhāḥ priyām

Translation

แล้วพระองค์เสด็จไปหาสุครีว และทรงปราบวาลีผู้เป็นจ้าวแห่งวานร ตามพระบัญชาของพระราม เหล่าวานรที่หนุมานเป็นผู้นำถูกส่งไปเสาะหาพระนางสีดาผู้เป็นที่รัก

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• sugrīvam: Sugrīva
• sugrīvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• abhyetya: having approached
• abhyetya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi√i (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘approaching’

• ahanat: struck / killed
• ahanat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd sg)

• vāli: of Vāli
• vāli: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular) — समासपूर्वपद

• vānaram: Vāli’s monkey (Vāli)
• vānaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: vāli + vānaram

• preṣitāḥ: (they) were sent
• preṣitāḥ: Karta (Agent as grammatical subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √preṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Pl); कर्मणि—‘sent’

• rāmadevena: by Lord Rāma
• rāmadevena: Karta (Agent in passive/instrumental/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular); कर्मधारय: ‘rāmaḥ sa eva devaḥ’

• hanumat: Hanumān
• hanumat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier in compound/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद (stem used in compound)

• pramukhāḥ: having Hanumān as leader
• pramukhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pramukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Pl); तत्पुरुष: hanumat-pramukhāḥ = ‘having Hanumān as chief’

• priyām: the beloved (Sītā)
• priyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta-style narration within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-kṣetra (episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with Sugrīva; the fall of Vāli (dharma-restoration); then vānaras led by Hanumān departing in organized directions to seek Sītā.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sugrīva
• Vāli
• Hanumān
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through rightful alliances and purposeful action; leadership is validated by service to righteousness and protection of the afflicted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as an epic summary within the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is prescribed here; the focus is on dharmic mission and delegation.