Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततः सुग्रीवमभ्येत्य अहनद्वालिवानरम् । प्रेषिता रामदेवेन हनुमत्प्रमुखाः प्रियाम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sugrīvamabhyetya ahanadvālivānaram | preṣitā rāmadevena hanumatpramukhāḥ priyām

Translation

پھر سُگریو کے پاس جا کر اس نے بندروں کے سردار والی کو قتل کیا۔ بھگوان رام کے حکم سے ہنومان کی قیادت میں وानر لشکر محبوبہ سیتا کی تلاش کو روانہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• sugrīvam: Sugrīva
• sugrīvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• abhyetya: having approached
• abhyetya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi√i (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘approaching’

• ahanat: struck / killed
• ahanat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd sg)

• vāli: of Vāli
• vāli: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular) — समासपूर्वपद

• vānaram: Vāli’s monkey (Vāli)
• vānaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: vāli + vānaram

• preṣitāḥ: (they) were sent
• preṣitāḥ: Karta (Agent as grammatical subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √preṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Pl); कर्मणि—‘sent’

• rāmadevena: by Lord Rāma
• rāmadevena: Karta (Agent in passive/instrumental/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular); कर्मधारय: ‘rāmaḥ sa eva devaḥ’

• hanumat: Hanumān
• hanumat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier in compound/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद (stem used in compound)

• pramukhāḥ: having Hanumān as leader
• pramukhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pramukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Pl); तत्पुरुष: hanumat-pramukhāḥ = ‘having Hanumān as chief’

• priyām: the beloved (Sītā)
• priyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta-style narration within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-kṣetra (episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with Sugrīva; the fall of Vāli (dharma-restoration); then vānaras led by Hanumān departing in organized directions to seek Sītā.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sugrīva
• Vāli
• Hanumān
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through rightful alliances and purposeful action; leadership is validated by service to righteousness and protection of the afflicted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as an epic summary within the Dharmāraṇya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is prescribed here; the focus is on dharmic mission and delegation.