Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

काये वाऽनुगतो नित्यं तथा ते लक्ष्मणोऽनुजः । न दृश्यते समीपस्थः किमद्य तव राघव

Transliteration

kāye vā'nugato nityaṃ tathā te lakṣmaṇo'nujaḥ | na dṛśyate samīpasthaḥ kimadya tava rāghava

Translation

“再者，你的弟弟罗什曼那，常随你如同你的身躯一般，如今却不见在侧。今日缘何如此，噢，罗伽婆？”

Word by Word

• काये: in the body/person
• काये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय — disjunctive particle ‘or’

• अनुगतः: following, accompanying
• अनुगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past participle; लक्ष्मणः इति विशेषण

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् — accusative used adverbially ‘always’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — adverb ‘thus/likewise’

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• लक्ष्मणः: Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुजः: younger brother
• अनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; लक्ष्मणः इति समानाधिकरण — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; apposition

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negation particle

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग — Present, 3rd person, Singular; passive ‘is seen’

• समीपस्थः: standing nearby
• समीपस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीप + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (समीपे स्थितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; लक्ष्मणः इति विशेषण

• किम्: why/what
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थे क्रियाविशेषणवत् — ‘why/what?’ used adverbially

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय — adverb of time ‘today/now’

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• राघव: O Raghava (Rama)
• राघव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Vānaras

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vānaras gesture toward the empty space beside Rāma where Lakṣmaṇa would stand; Rāma’s face tightens with restrained grief.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through steadfast companionship; the verse underscores the ideal of loyal service embodied by Lakṣmaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the narrative remains situated in the Kiṣkindhā sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.