Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मदर्थं सागरस्तीर्णो भवता बहु योजनः । तलप्रहाराभिहतो मैनाकोऽपि नगोत्तमः

Transliteration

madarthaṃ sāgarastīrṇo bhavatā bahu yojanaḥ | talaprahārābhihato maināko'pi nagottamaḥ

Translation

من أجلي عبرتَ المحيطَ مسافاتٍ كثيرةً من اليوجَنات، وحتى جبلُ مَيْناكا، خيرُ الجبال، أصابه وقعُ ضربةِ كفِّك.

Word by Word

• मदर्थम्: for my sake
• मदर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive Tatpurusha: 'my purpose'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (used adverbially)

• सागरः: ocean
• सागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्णः: crossed
• तीर्णः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karana (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• बहु: many/much
• बहु: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); परिमाणवाचक-विशेषण

• योजनः: yojanas (a measure)
• योजनः: Adhikaraṇa (Measure/extent as predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); परिमाण-नाम (measure)

• तलप्रहाराभिहतः: struck (hit) by a palm-blow
• तलप्रहाराभिहतः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक) + अभि-हन् (धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (instrumental sense: 'by a blow of the palm'), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle of अभिहन्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मैनाकः: Maināka (mountain)
• मैनाकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैनाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• नगोत्तमः: the best of mountains
• नगोत्तमः: Viśeṣya (Apposition to Maināka)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('best mountain'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Rāma (addressing Hanūmān)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Samudra-tīra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic interlocutor(s) (unspecified here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān’s colossal leap over the ocean; Maināka rises as a golden-green mountain offering rest, but is struck aside by Hanumān’s palm as he continues.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• Hanūmān
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Maināka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast service to dharma makes the impossible possible; devotion empowers heroic effort without hesitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram is the implied tīrtha-context: the ocean, the crossing, and the Setu tradition form the sacred geography celebrated in Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; the verse functions as praise (stuti) recounting merit-bearing deeds connected with the Setu narrative.