Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ततस्तेनैव संयुक्ताः किष्किन्धां तां महापुरीम् । विविशुः सत्पताकाभिः समंतात्समलंकृताम्

Transliteration

tatastenaiva saṃyuktāḥ kiṣkindhāṃ tāṃ mahāpurīm | viviśuḥ satpatākābhiḥ samaṃtātsamalaṃkṛtām

Translation

اس کے بعد اُس کے ساتھ مل کر وہ کِشکِندھا کی اُس عظیم نگری میں داخل ہوئے، جو ہر سمت عالی شان جھنڈیوں سے آراستہ تھی۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then)

• तेन: with him
• तेन: Saha/Karaṇa (Association/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental Singular: by/with him/that)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• संयुक्ताः: joined/escorted
• संयुक्ताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural: joined/associated)

• किष्किन्धाम्: Kiṣkindhā
• किष्किन्धाम्: Karma (Object/goal of entering)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṣkindhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular); ‘किष्किन्धाम्/महापुरीम्’ इति विशेषण (that)

• महापुरीम्: the great city
• महापुरीम्: Karma (Apposition to ‘kiṣkindhām’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महती च सा पुरी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• विविशुः: entered
• विविशुः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन (3rd person plural)

• सत्पताकाभिः: with fine banners
• सत्पताकाभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means of adornment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + patākā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (सत्=सुन्दर/उत्तमाः पताकाः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Plural)

• समन्तात्: on all sides
• समन्तात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: परितः-अर्थक अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

• समलंकृताम्: well-adorned
• समलंकृताम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अलं + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘महापुरीम्’ इति विशेषण (Feminine, Accusative, Singular: well-adorned)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-nagara-praveśa-smṛti

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and the vānaras enter Kiṣkindhā’s grand gates; the city is ringed with fluttering banners and festive adornments on all sides.

Characters & Entities

• Kiṣkindhā
• Vānara
• Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous leader’s presence turns the realm into an auspicious space—order, beauty, and honor naturally arise around dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kiṣkindhā is foregrounded as a sacred locale within the Purāṇic landscape, though no specific tīrtha-spot is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.