Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तथा सुग्रीवमासाद्य तथैव च विभीषणम् । संभाष्य चागमस्त्वत्र ततः पुष्पकसंस्थितिः

Transliteration

tathā sugrīvamāsādya tathaiva ca vibhīṣaṇam | saṃbhāṣya cāgamastvatra tataḥ puṣpakasaṃsthitiḥ

Translation

ฉันนั้นเอง ครั้นได้พบสุครีวะ และได้พบวิภีษณะด้วย แล้วสนทนากับท่านทั้งสอง เขาก็มาถึงที่นี่; ต่อจากนั้นจึงขึ้นนั่งในปุษปกวิมาน

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = indeclinable; ‘thus/likewise’

• सुग्रीवम्: Sugrīva
• सुग्रीवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+सद् (धातु) → आसाद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive) = having approached; अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• तथैव: just so
• तथैव: Sambandha (Manner/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूह; ‘just so/likewise indeed’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = conjunction ‘and’

• विभीषणम्: Vibhīṣaṇa
• विभीषणम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• संभाष्य: having spoken with
• संभाष्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+भाष् (धातु) → संभाष्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund) = having conversed/spoken with; अव्ययभाव

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

• आगमः: arrival/coming
• आगमः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle; emphasis

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = adverb of place ‘here’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = thereafter

• पुष्पकसंस्थितिः: the stationing/positioning of the Puṣpaka (vimāna)
• पुष्पकसंस्थितिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पक (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुष्पकस्य संस्थितिः)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Rāma’s report to the sage is implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma (Raghūttama) and/or the sage-assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: Rāma meets Sugrīva and Vibhīṣaṇa, speaks with them, arrives at the sacred spot, then is shown seated in the Puṣpaka vimāna ready for onward movement.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Puṣpaka (vimāna)
• Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through right alliances, respectful dialogue, and purposeful movement toward sacred goals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes “arrival here” within the māhātmya’s sacred geography, though the tīrtha-name is not stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is itinerary-like narration (meetings, conversation, arrival, and travel by Puṣpaka).