Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तेन च प्रेरितोऽभ्यागां युवाभ्यां सख्यमिच्छता । आगच्छतं तद्भद्रं वां सुग्रीवांतिकमाशु वै

Transliteration

tena ca prerito'bhyāgāṃ yuvābhyāṃ sakhyamicchatā | āgacchataṃ tadbhadraṃ vāṃ sugrīvāṃtikamāśu vai

Translation

ข้าพระองค์ถูกท่าน (สุครีวะ) ใช้ให้มา ด้วยความปรารถนาจะผูกไมตรีกับท่านทั้งสอง ขอเชิญ—ขอความสวัสดีจงมีแก่ท่าน—ไปเฝ้าสุครีวะโดยเร็วเถิด

Word by Word

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• प्रेरितः: sent/impelled
• प्रेरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/इर् (धातु) उपसर्गः प्र + → प्रेरयति; प्रेरित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कर्मणि कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having been sent/impelled’

• अभ्यागाम्: I came
• अभ्यागाम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) उपसर्गः अभि + आ +
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• युवाभ्याम्: by you two / with you two
• युवाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/तृतीया/चतुर्थी, द्विवचन; here तृतीया (3rd) द्विवचन (instrumental dual)

• सख्यम्: friendship
• सख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• इच्छता: (by one) desiring
• इच्छता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु) → इच्छत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्तरि; ‘desiring’ (agreeing with implied ‘तेन’/‘सुग्रीवेण’)

• आगच्छतम्: come (you two)!
• आगच्छतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) उपसर्गः आ +; आगच्छति
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्: may that (be)
• तत्: Sambandha (Benedictive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् निपात; आशीर्वादार्थक ‘तत्’ (in ‘तद् भद्रम्’)

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Sambandha (Benediction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here आशीर्वादे प्रथमा (nom.)

• वाम्: of you two / to you two
• वाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; here षष्ठी (genitive dual) in ‘तद्भद्रं वाम्’

• सुग्रीवान्तिकम्: to Sugrīva’s vicinity
• सुग्रीवान्तिकम्: Gati/Karma (Goal of motion/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुग्रीवस्य अन्तिकम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; destination

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (quickly)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खलु-अर्थक निपात (indeed)

Speaker

Hanūmān (inviting Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa on Sugrīva’s behalf)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanūmān gestures forward, inviting Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa to come quickly to Sugrīva; movement begins—figures oriented along a forest path toward a hill stronghold.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmān
• Sugrīva
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sakhya (friendship) formed for dharmic aims is presented as a sacred, constructive force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is praised in this verse; it belongs to Setukhaṇḍa’s broader sacred-geography narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.