Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

लतामाबध्य चिह्नं तु युद्धायाचोदयत्तदा । गर्जितेन समाहूय सुग्रीवो वालिनं पुनः

Transliteration

latāmābadhya cihnaṃ tu yuddhāyācodayattadā | garjitena samāhūya sugrīvo vālinaṃ punaḥ

Translation

เขาผูกเถาวัลย์เป็นเครื่องหมาย แล้วเร้าให้เข้าต่อสู้ ครั้นคำรามกึกก้องเรียกซ้ำ สุครีวะจึงท้าทายวาลีอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• लताम्: creeper/vine
• लताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• आबध्य: having tied/bound
• आबध्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ√बन्ध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-रूप), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bound)

• चिह्नम्: mark/sign
• चिह्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन

• अचोदयत्: urged/instigated
• अचोदयत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चुद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• गर्जितेन: with a roar
• गर्जितेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; √गर्ज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ√ह्वे (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-रूप), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having called/summoned)

• सुग्रीवः: Sugrīva
• सुग्रीवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• वालिनम्: Vālin
• वालिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-kṣetra (Rāmāyaṇa-smṛti-sthala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sugrīva ties a creeper/garland as a distinguishing sign, then stands before the cave/arena of Kiṣkindhā and roars to summon Vāli for combat; tense forested hill backdrop, vānara warriors watching.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Vāli
• Rāma (implied by battle plan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in conflict, dharma values discernment—right action requires clear recognition and careful means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the Setukhaṇḍa’s broader frame ultimately glorifies Setu/Rāmeśvaram, while this verse supplies narrative causality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the “mark” is tactical, not ritual.