Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सीतामानयितुं तूर्णं वानराणां महाचमूम् । समादाय समागच्छदंतिकं नृपपुत्रयोः

Transliteration

sītāmānayituṃ tūrṇaṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahācamūm | samādāya samāgacchadaṃtikaṃ nṛpaputrayoḥ

Translation

เพื่ออัญเชิญสีตากลับโดยเร็ว เขารวบรวมกองทัพวานรอันยิ่งใหญ่ แล้วเข้าไปใกล้สองพระราชกุมาร

Word by Word

• सीताम्: Sītā
• सीताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• आनयितुम्: to bring
• आनयितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ√नी (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ (in order to bring)

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• वानराणाम्: of the monkeys
• वानराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• महाचमूम्: the great army
• महाचमूम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + चमू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महती चमूः)

• समादाय: having gathered/taken
• समादाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ√दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-रूप), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having taken/collected)

• समागच्छत्: came/approached
• समागच्छत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अन्तिकम्: near/presence
• अन्तिकम्: Gati/Desha (Goal/place/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (गति/देश), एकवचन

• नृपपुत्रयोः: of the two princes
• नृपपुत्रयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नृपस्य पुत्रौ)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-kṣetra (Saṅgraha-sthala of vānara-senā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sugrīva assembles a vast vānara army—rows of monkey warriors with banners, rocks and trees of Kiṣkindhā behind; they march toward Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, who await near a forest hermitage-like camp.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Sugrīva (implied subject)
• Vānaras
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude and duty mature into service—helping the righteous accomplish their vow becomes a form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly praised; the verse accelerates the mission that culminates in Setu/Rāmeśvaram’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.