Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

भवान्मित्रं मया लब्धो यस्मादति पराक्रमः । अहं लंकेश्वरं हत्वा भार्यामानयितास्मि ते

Transliteration

bhavānmitraṃ mayā labdho yasmādati parākramaḥ | ahaṃ laṃkeśvaraṃ hatvā bhāryāmānayitāsmi te

Translation

Ich habe dich als Verbündeten gewonnen, denn deine Tapferkeit ist außerordentlich. Ich werde den Herrn von Laṅkā erschlagen und dir deine Gemahlin zurückbringen.

Word by Word

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (honorific pronoun)

• मित्रम्: friend
• मित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative/accusative in apposition)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• लब्धः: (has been) obtained / found
• लब्धः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘लब्धः’ = ‘obtained/found’ (agreeing with भवान्)

• यस्मात्: because of which / since
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतु-अर्थे (because of which)

• अति: very, exceedingly
• अति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/अव्यय-विशेषण (intensifier)

• पराक्रमः: valor, prowess
• पराक्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; गुण/विशेष्य-भावे (as a quality)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लंकेश्वरम्: the lord of Lanka
• लंकेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लङ्कायाः ईश्वरः)

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having killed)

• भार्याम्: (your) wife
• भार्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आनयिता: (I) will be the bringer
• आनयिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun/future sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘one who will bring’

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Rāmeśvara-kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, calm yet resolute, addresses Sugrīva with a warrior’s promise—slaying the lord of Laṅkā and restoring Sītā; forest court setting with vānaras attentive.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Laṅkeśvara (Rāvaṇa)
• Sugrīva (implied recipient)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True friendship in dharma expresses itself as protection, loyalty, and the resolve to restore what is rightfully lost.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the Setukhaṇḍa frames the journey toward Setu/Rāmeśvaram and the Laṅkā campaign; this verse is part of that lead-up rather than a direct tīrtha-eulogy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a vow of dharmic action (pratijñā) rather than a ritual instruction.