Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ततः प्रणम्य ते दूराज्जानुभ्यामवनिं गताः । जयेति शब्दमादाय मुहुर्मुहुरितस्ततः

Transliteration

tataḥ praṇamya te dūrājjānubhyāmavaniṃ gatāḥ | jayeti śabdamādāya muhurmuhuritastataḥ

Translation

Rồi họ từ xa cúi lạy, quỳ gối phủ phục xuống đất; và hết lần này đến lần khác cất tiếng hô: “Chiến thắng!”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/तस्मात्-अर्थक अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriyā (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having bowed)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• दूरात्: from a distance
• दूरात्: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययीभावप्रायं क्रियाविशेषण (ablatival adverb: from afar)

• जानुभ्याम्: with (their) knees
• जानुभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Dual)

• अवनिम्: the ground/earth
• अवनिम्: Karma (Object of ‘gatāḥ’ in sense ‘reached the ground’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• गताः: (they) went/reached
• गताः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; ‘ते’ इति कर्तरि (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; having gone/reached)

• जय: victory
• जय: Karma (Content of utterance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; उक्ति-रूपेण (as an exclamation ‘victory!’)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-परामर्शक अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• शब्दम्: a shout/sound
• शब्दम्: Karma (Object of ‘ādāya’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• आदाय: having raised/uttered
• आदाय: Kriyā (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having taken up/raised/uttered)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: repeatedly)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त क्रियाविशेषण (reduplicated adverb)

• इतस्: from here / on this side
• इतस्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशावाचक अव्यय (from here/this side; hither)

• ततः: from there / then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Directional/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशा/अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (from there/then)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā (Jaya-ghoṣa-sthāna-smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A semicircle of vānaras kneel and bow from a distance, foreheads lowered; the air vibrates with repeated cries of 'Jaya!' as Rāma approaches.

Characters & Entities

• Vānara
• Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and reverence toward the dhārmika protector are shown as devotional virtues that generate auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No distinct tīrtha is named in this verse; the sanctity is conveyed through the sacred Kiṣkindhā narrative setting within Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the actions are gestures of honor (praṇāma) rather than a formal rite.