Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अथ तेषु प्रयातेषु ब्राह्मणेषु रघूत्तमः । प्रोवाच लक्ष्मणं पार्श्वे विनयावनतं स्थितम्

Transliteration

atha teṣu prayāteṣu brāhmaṇeṣu raghūttamaḥ | provāca lakṣmaṇaṃ pārśve vinayāvanataṃ sthitam

Translation

جب برہمن روانہ ہو گئے تو رَغھو وंश کے سَرشٹھ شری رام نے اپنے پہلو میں عاجزی سے جھکے ہوئے کھڑے لکشمن سے فرمایا۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक/आरम्भसूचक (indeclinable; sequential/then)

• तेषु: among them / in their case
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रयातेषु: having departed / when (they) had gone
• प्रयातेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle); सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (agreeing with ब्राह्मणेषु)

• ब्राह्मणेषु: among the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• रघूत्तमः: Rāma, the best of the Raghus
• रघूत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘best of the Raghu(-line)’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मणम्: to Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पार्श्वे: at (his) side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विनयावनतम्: humbly bowed
• विनयावनतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय + अवनत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (instrumental determinative: ‘bowed with humility’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (agreeing with लक्ष्मणम्)

• स्थितम्: standing
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (agreeing with लक्ष्मणम्)

Speaker

Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya

Characters & Entities

• Raghūttama (Rāma)
• Lakṣmaṇa
• brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through humble service and attentive obedience while performing sacred duties like śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative continues at the same tīrtha where śrāddha is being arranged, highlighted as a place fit for ancestral rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Immediate practical preparation for śrāddha is initiated through instructions to gather required items.