Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

समाजह्रुर्महाकाया गरुडानिलरंहसः । नलश्चक्रे महासेर्तुमध्ये नदनदीपतेः

Transliteration

samājahrurmahākāyā garuḍānilaraṃhasaḥ | nalaścakre mahāsertumadhye nadanadīpateḥ

Translation

Jene von riesigem Leibe, schnell wie Garuḍa und wie der Wind, fügten alles zusammen. Und Nala errichtete mitten im Herrn der Flüsse, dem Ozean, einen großen Setu.

Word by Word

• समाजह्रुः: they brought/collected
• समाजह्रुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपदम्

• महाकायाः: the great-bodied ones
• महाकायाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाकाय (प्रातिपदिक: महा + काय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural)

• गरुडानिलरंहसः: swift like Garuḍa and the wind
• गरुडानिलरंहसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरुड-अनिल-रंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural); उपमा/विशेषण—‘गरुडस्य अनिलस्य इव रंहः यस्य’ (having speed like Garuḍa and the wind)

• नलः: Nala
• नलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• चक्रे: made/constructed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपदम्

• महासेतु: the great bridge
• महासेतु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासेतु (प्रातिपदिक: महा + सेतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• नदनदीपतेः: of the lord of rivers and streams (the ocean)
• नदनदीपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नद-नदी-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (Rāma-setu)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vānaras of immense bodies, swift as Garuḍa and wind, gather and place stones/trees; Nala directs the engineering as the ocean churns around the rising causeway.

Characters & Entities

• Nala
• Vānaras
• Garuḍa
• Ocean (lord of rivers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

With dharmic intent, even the seemingly impassable becomes traversable; sacred engineering is portrayed as divinely supported endeavor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setubandha/Rāma Setu situated in the ocean, revered as a holy passage and tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the construction itself.