Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

ऋषयश्च महात्मानः सर्वे चैव महीधराः । अनुगच्छन्ति काकुत्स्थं स्वर्गद्वारमुपस्थितम्

Transliteration

ṛṣayaśca mahātmānaḥ sarve caiva mahīdharāḥ | anugacchanti kākutsthaṃ svargadvāramupasthitam

Translation

تمام عظیم النفس رشی—پہاڑوں کی طرح ثابت قدم—کاکُتستھ کے پیچھے چلتے رہے، جب اس کے سامنے خود جنت کا دروازہ حاضر تھا۔

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• महात्मानः: great-souled
• महात्मानः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ऋषयः)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ऋषयः/महात्मानः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: indeed/just)

• महीधराः: mountain-like (lit. earth-bearers)
• महीधराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ऋषयः इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण (appositional)

• अनुगच्छन्ति: follow
• अनुगच्छन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• काकुत्स्थम्: Kākutstha (Rāma)
• काकुत्स्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काकुत्स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• स्वर्गद्वारम्: the gate of heaven
• स्वर्गद्वारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य द्वारम्)

• उपस्थितम्: present/arrived
• उपस्थितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप√स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying स्वर्गद्वारम्)

Speaker

Brahmā to Nārada (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of radiant sages, calm and immovable like mountains, follow Rāma; ahead, a luminous ‘gate of heaven’ appears—an arch of light or celestial portal opening in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Kākutstha (Rāma)
• Ṛṣis
• Svarga (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holy naturally follow dharma embodied; proximity to Rāma is portrayed as proximity to heaven itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, celebrated as a dhāma where Rāma’s divine passage is witnessed and sanctifies all who accompany him.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on faithful following (anugamana) of the Lord and dharmic steadfastness.