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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अथ दृष्ट्वा सुदूरात्तं रामदेवं विभीषणः । पपात दण्डवद्भूमौ जयशब्दमुदीरयन्

Transliteration

atha dṛṣṭvā sudūrāttaṃ rāmadevaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ | papāta daṇḍavadbhūmau jayaśabdamudīrayan

Translation

پھر دور سے رام دیو کو دیکھ کر وِبھیषण نے ‘جے’ کا نعرہ بلند کیا اور لاٹھی کی طرح زمین پر سجدہ ریز ہو گیا۔

Word by Word
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनुक्रम/आरम्भ-अव्यय — discourse particle ‘then/now’
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Anukāla (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय — gerund ‘having seen’
सुदूरात्from far away
सुदूरात्:
Apadana (Source/अवधि)
TypeNoun
Rootसुदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन — Ablative (5th), Singular; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘from far away’
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Accusative, Singular
रामदेवम्Rāma, the divine lord
रामदेवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; समासः—कर्मधारय (रामः देवः)
विभीषणःVibhīṣaṇa
विभीषणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविभीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पपातfell/prostrated
पपात:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परिपूर्ण-भूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular
दण्डवत्like a staff (fully prostrate)
दण्डवत्:
Sambandha (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदण्डवत् (अव्यय/तद्धित)
Formउपमान-अव्यय (वत्-प्रत्ययान्तं अव्ययीभूतम्) — indeclinable ‘like a staff’ (straight)
भूमौon the ground
भूमौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative (7th), Singular
जयशब्दम्a cry of victory
जयशब्दम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजय (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जयस्य शब्दः)
उदीरयन्uttering/raising
उदीरयन्:
Karta (Agent of participle/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-ईर् (धातु) → उदीरयत् (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator; not explicitly named in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāma-darśana-sthala in Laṅkā (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From afar Vibhīṣaṇa beholds Rāmadeva and falls full-length like a staff upon the earth, proclaiming ‘Jaya!’

Characters & Entities
V
Vibhīṣaṇa
R
Rāma

FAQs

Humility before the divine and the righteous is a direct expression of bhakti and a purifier of the heart.

The encounter occurs in the Laṅkā setting; the verse highlights devotional conduct rather than a named bathing-place.

No formal rite is prescribed, but daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) is exemplified as devotional practice.

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