Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अद्य बाणैरमोघास्त्रैर्वारिधिं परिशोषये । क्षमया हि समायुक्तं मामयं मकरालयः

Transliteration

adya bāṇairamoghāstrairvāridhiṃ pariśoṣaye | kṣamayā hi samāyuktaṃ māmayaṃ makarālayaḥ

Translation

„Heute werde ich mit unfehlbaren, unbesiegbaren Geschossen den Ozean austrocknen. Diese Wohnstatt der Krokodile hält mich, der durch Nachsicht gezügelt ist, für einen, den man missachten darf.“

Word by Word

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अमोघ-अस्त्रैः: with unfailing weapons
• अमोघ-अस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amogha (प्रातिपदिक) + astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वारिधिम्: the ocean
• वारिधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāridhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिशोषये: I will dry up completely
• परिशोषये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari- (उपसर्ग) + √śuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense in context), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; अर्थः—‘परिशोषयामि/परिशोषयिष्यामि’ इति प्रतिज्ञार्थे प्रयोगः

• क्षमया: with forbearance
• क्षमया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• समायुक्तम्: endowed/associated (with)
• समायुक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā- (उपसर्ग) + √yuj (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; (माम् इति कर्मणि विशेषणम्)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• मकर-आलयः: the abode of makaras (the ocean)
• मकर-आलयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: makara (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-bandha kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma declares he will desiccate the ocean with unfailing missiles; the sea churns with makaras, while the sky tightens with impending astric fire.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Samudra (Ocean)
• Makara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Forbearance is a virtue, but dharma also demands timely firmness when patience is mistaken for weakness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region where Rāma confronts the ocean before the bridge-building—linked to Rāmeśvaram traditions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the passage sets the narrative context for Setu’s sanctity rather than prescribing a rite.