Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

चापमानय सौमित्रे शरांश्चाशीविषोपमान् । सागरं शोषयिष्यामि पद्भ्यां यांतु प्लवंगमाः

Transliteration

cāpamānaya saumitre śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān | sāgaraṃ śoṣayiṣyāmi padbhyāṃ yāṃtu plavaṃgamāḥ

Translation

«Bring meinen Bogen, o Saumitrī, und Pfeile gleich giftigen Schlangen. Ich werde den Ozean austrocknen — die Vānara sollen zu Fuß voranschreiten.»

Word by Word

• चापम्: bow
• चापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आनय: bring
• आनय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• सौमित्रे: O Saumitri (Lakshmana)
• सौमित्रे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमित्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• आशीविषोपमान्: like venomous serpents
• आशीविषोपमान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशीविष (प्रातिपदिक) + उपमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (आशीविषस्य उपमानः/सदृशः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (शरान्)

• सागरम्: the ocean
• सागरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शोषयिष्यामि: I will dry up
• शोषयिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष् (धातु) [णिच् causative: शोषय-]
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग

• पद्भ्याम्: with (my) two feet
• पद्भ्याम्: Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (instrumental dual)

• यान्तु: let (them) go
• यान्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• प्लवंगमाः: monkeys
• प्लवंगमाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लवंगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-bandha kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmaṇa is summoned to bring the bow and serpent-like arrows; Rāma stands ready to dry the ocean; in the background the vānaras prepare to advance on foot across the exposed seabed.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī)
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Plavaṃgamas (Vānaras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma sometimes demands resolute action to protect a righteous mission; strength is framed as service to a higher purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu seashore where the crossing is sought—central to the Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred itinerary in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a command signaling escalation from worship to force to secure passage.