Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पुरा हतेषु रक्षःसु समाप्ते रणकर्मणि । रामादिषु निवृत्तेषु गंधमादनपर्वते

Transliteration

purā hateṣu rakṣaḥsu samāpte raṇakarmaṇi | rāmādiṣu nivṛtteṣu gaṃdhamādanaparvate

Translation

In alter Zeit, nachdem die Rākṣasas erschlagen und das Werk der Schlacht vollendet war, als Rāma und die anderen sich zurückgezogen hatten, geschah dies auf dem Berge Gandhamādana.

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, once
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: formerly/once)

• हतेषु: when (they) were slain
• हतेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्गे (agreeing with रक्षःसु)

• रक्षःसु: among the rākṣasas
• रक्षःसु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• समाप्ते: when (it) was completed
• समाप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+आप् (धातु) → समाप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्गे (agreeing with रणकर्मणि)

• रणकर्मणि: in the act of battle
• रणकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (battle’s action), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• रामादिषु: among Rama and the others
• रामादिषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (राम-आदि = Rama and others), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• निवृत्तेषु: when (they) had returned/ceased
• निवृत्तेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि+वृत् (धातु) → निवृत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्गे (agreeing with रामादिषु)

• गंधमादनपर्वते: on Mount Gandhamādana
• गंधमादनपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (गन्धमादनः पर्वतः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; later explicitly Sūta in this adhyāya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet Himalayan mountain plateau after battle: Rāma and companions withdrawing; the atmosphere shifts from martial dust to cool, sacred stillness; distant sages and celestial beings witness the transition from war to sanctification.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rākṣasas
• Gandhamādana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are often revealed after dharma is restored; the end of conflict becomes the beginning of tīrtha-glory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage sets the scene for the later glorification of Hanūmatkuṇḍa Tīrtha (within Setukhaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it provides narrative time-and-place context.