Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 146

Devanagari script

स्नाताः शुक्लाम्बरधराः सर्वे प्रयतमानसाः । कृत्वा किलकिलाशब्दमनुयाताश्च राघवम्

Transliteration

snātāḥ śuklāmbaradharāḥ sarve prayatamānasāḥ | kṛtvā kilakilāśabdamanuyātāśca rāghavam

Translation

คนทั้งปวงอาบน้ำชำระแล้ว นุ่งห่มผ้าขาว ใจสำรวม; เปล่งเสียงโห่ร้องด้วยปีติ แล้วตามเสด็จพระราฆวะไป

Word by Word

• स्नाताः: having bathed
• स्नाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त, क्त; √स्ना ‘to bathe’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘स्नानं कृतवन्तः’ (having bathed)

• शुक्लाम्बरधराः: wearing white garments
• शुक्लाम्बरधराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √धृ ‘to bear’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — समासः: शुक्लम् अम्बरं धरन्ति ये (उपपद-तत्पुरुष); ‘white-clothed’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — विशेषण (all)

• प्रयतमानसाः: with disciplined minds
• प्रयतमानसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (कृदन्त/विशेषण; √यम् ‘to restrain’ + प्र-) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — बहुव्रीहिः: ‘प्रयतं मानसं येषाम्’ (those whose minds are disciplined)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्वा (कृदन्त, त्वान्त; √कृ ‘to do’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive) — ‘having made/done’

• किलकिलाशब्दम्: a loud clamorous sound
• किलकिलाशब्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किलकिला (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — समासः: किलकिलायाḥ शब्दः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); ‘shout/clamor of “kilakilā”’

• अनुयाताः: having followed
• अनुयाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुयात (कृदन्त, क्त; √या ‘to go’ + अनु-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘अनुगताः’ (having followed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• राघवम्: Rāghava
• राघवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — कर्म (accusative singular)

Speaker

Brahmā to Nārada (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Sarayū-tīrtha ambience implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast Ayodhyā crowd after ritual bathing, clad in white, minds composed, surging behind Rāghava in a jubilant procession; hands raised, voices ringing with celebratory cries.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer purity (bath, white attire) and inner purity (disciplined mind) together support devotional participation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, where public devotion is expressed through both ritual cleanliness and celebratory collective worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and wearing clean white garments are described as markers of purity while joining the sacred following.