Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

कृत्वा सेतुं समुद्रस्य रणे हत्वा दशाननम् । धर्म्मारण्यं समासाद्य ब्राह्मणानन्वपूजयत्

Transliteration

kṛtvā setuṃ samudrasya raṇe hatvā daśānanam | dharmmāraṇyaṃ samāsādya brāhmaṇānanvapūjayat

Translation

Nachdem er eine Brücke über den Ozean errichtet und im Kampf Daśānana (Rāvaṇa) erschlagen hatte, gelangte er nach Dharmāraṇya und ehrte dort die Brāhmaṇas nach Gebühr.

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; “having made/done”

• सेतुम्: a bridge
• सेतुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• समुद्रस्य: of the ocean
• समुद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग (प्रयोगे)

• हत्वा: having slain
• हत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव

• दशाननम्: Daśānana (Rāvaṇa)
• दशाननम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (दश आननानि यस्य); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; रावण-पर्याय

• धर्म्मारण्यम्: Dharmāraṇya
• धर्म्मारण्यम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थाननाम

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु) + सम्-आ- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); “having reached/approached”

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• अन्वपूजयत्: he honored
• अन्वपूजयत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + अनु- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; “he honored/worshiped”

Speaker

Narrator within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya (contextual; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand panorama: the stone bridge spanning the ocean with vānaras carrying boulders; a distant scene of Rāvaṇa’s fall; then a calm forest-tīrtha of Dharmāraṇya where Rāma respectfully offers honors to assembled brāhmaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Setu (bridge)
• Ocean
• Daśānana (Rāvaṇa)
• Dharmāraṇya
• Brāhmaṇas
• Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True victory culminates in humility and reverence—honoring brāhmaṇas and dharma after overcoming adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is explicitly praised as a destination reached by the dharmic hero, marking it as a sanctified pilgrimage region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Honoring brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇa-pūjā) is indicated as a dharmic act associated with visiting Dharmāraṇya.