Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ऊचुः प्रांजलयः संर्मे राघवं तं महाबलम् । नौभिरेनं तरिष्यामः प्लवैश्च विविधैरिति

Transliteration

ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ saṃrme rāghavaṃ taṃ mahābalam | naubhirenaṃ tariṣyāmaḥ plavaiśca vividhairiti

Translation

Mit gefalteten Händen sprachen sie in aufrichtiger Bitte zu dem mächtigen Rāghava: „Wir werden dies Meer mit Booten und auch mit mancherlei Flößen überqueren.“

Word by Word

• ऊचुः: they said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• प्राञ्जलयः: with joined palms (supplicants)
• प्राञ्जलयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• सम्: together, respectfully
• सम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गः (preverb/particle)

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sampradana/Adhikarana (Contextual/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनरूपम् (genitive/dative singular enclitic)

• राघवम्: Rāghava (Rama)
• राघवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचनम्

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (demonstrative)

• महाबलम्: mighty-strong
• महाबलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल (प्रातिपदिक: महा + बल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• नौभिः: by boats
• नौभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचनम्

• एनम्: this (one)/him
• एनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• तरिष्यामः: we shall cross
• तरिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुषः (1st person), बहुवचनम्

• प्लवैः: by rafts/floats
• प्लवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

Speaker

Vānaras (the monkey warriors) addressing Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāma-setu) seashore

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (typical Purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast monkey host on the seashore, palms joined, addressing Rāma with earnest faces; boats and improvised rafts being indicated and gathered; the ocean looming dark and wide behind.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Vānaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble, united effort offered to a righteous leader becomes a means to accomplish even seemingly impossible dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Rāma-setu sacred landscape associated with Setukhaṇḍa—later linked with Rāmeśvaram and the southern crossing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes resolve and service (sevā) in support of dharma.