Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

ताततातेति पस्पर्श पतितं धरणीतले । रामोऽपि दृष्ट्वा पतितं हनूमंतं कपीश्वरम्

Transliteration

tātatāteti pasparśa patitaṃ dharaṇītale | rāmo'pi dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ kapīśvaram

Translation

นางร้องไห้เรียกว่า "พ่อจ๋า! พ่อจ๋า!" พลางสัมผัสร่างที่นอนอยู่บนพื้น พระรามเองเมื่อเห็นหนุมาน จอมวานร ล้มลง ก็ทรงหวั่นไหว

Word by Word

• ताततातेति: saying 'dear one, dear one'
• ताततातेति: Sambandha/Discourse (उद्गार-उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तात तात इति (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: इति-समाप्ति सहित उद्गार/वाक्यांश (quotative particle)

• पस्पर्श: touched
• पस्पर्श: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Karma-anvaya (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (हनूमन्तम्/नरम्)

• धरणीतले: on the surface of the earth
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (धरण्याः तलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), क्रियाविशेषण

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Karma-anvaya (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (हनूमन्तम्)

• हनूमन्तम्: Hanumān
• हनूमन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनूमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कपीश्वरम्: lord of the monkeys
• कपीश्वरम्: Karma-anvaya (Object-apposition/कर्मसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कपीनाम् ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; हनूमन्तम् इति विशेषण/उपनाम

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in the verse snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (Rāma-kathā locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā bends over Hanumān, crying ‘tāta, tāta’; Rāma arrives and beholds the fallen vānarendra, his face stricken with grief.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma
• Hanumān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The bond between the righteous and their devoted servants is honored; gratitude and grief affirm the sacredness of service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha (Setukhaṇḍa), where the remembrance of such dharmic relationships becomes part of the site’s spiritual aura.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated.