Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा ततो रामो गन्तुकामो दिवालयम् । चिन्तयामास भूयोऽपि स्मृत्वा मित्रं विभीषणम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā tato rāmo gantukāmo divālayam | cintayāmāsa bhūyo'pi smṛtvā mitraṃ vibhīṣaṇam

Translation

Pagkasabi nito, si Rāma—na nagnanais lumisan patungo sa tahanan ng mga diyos—ay muling nagmuni-muni, inalala ang kaibigang si Vibhīṣaṇa.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vac (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप कृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anantara (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ततः = ‘तस्मात्/ततः’ (thereupon/then)

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

• gantukāmaḥ: desirous of going
• gantukāmaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gantum (गम्-धातोः तुमुन्) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तुमुनन्त-समास: ‘गन्तुं कामः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; rāmaḥ इति विशेषण

• divālayam: the abode of the gods (heaven)
• divālayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diva + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘दिवः/देवानां आलयः’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• cintayāmāsa: he thought / reflected
• cintayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again)

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• smṛtvā: having remembered
• smṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• mitram: friend
• mitram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vibhīṣaṇam: Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; mitram इति समानाधिकरण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) māhātmya listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, poised to depart heavenward, pauses in contemplation, recalling Vibhīṣaṇa; a liminal moment between palace and cosmic path.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Divālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even at the moment of departure, the righteous remember their obligations—gratitude and responsibility are part of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is narrative setup within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.