Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सायं सुवेलमासाद्य लंकामाहत्य पाणिना । अयासी रावणगृहं मदर्थं त्वं महाकपे

Transliteration

sāyaṃ suvelamāsādya laṃkāmāhatya pāṇinā | ayāsī rāvaṇagṛhaṃ madarthaṃ tvaṃ mahākape

Translation

Am Abend, als du Suvela erreicht hattest, schlugst du Laṅkā mit deiner Hand; und um meinetwillen, o großer Kapi, gingst du weiter zum Palast Rāvaṇas.

Word by Word

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Kālādhi karaṇa (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सुवेलम्: Suvela (mountain)
• सुवेलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवेल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• लङ्काम्: Laṅkā
• लङ्काम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आहत्य: having struck
• आहत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• पाणिना: with (your) hand
• पाणिना: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अयासी: you went
• अयासी: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; रूपम्: अयासी (you went)

• रावणगृहम्: Rāvaṇa's house
• रावणगृहम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('Rāvaṇa's house'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मदर्थम्: for my sake
• मदर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('my purpose'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महाकपे: O great monkey
• महाकपे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (पूर्वपद) + कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('great monkey'), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Rāma (addressing Hanūmān)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suvela–Laṅkā threshold (Setu narrative)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic interlocutor(s) (unspecified here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dusk Hanumān reaches Suvela, strikes the ramparts/outer defenses of Laṅkā with his palm, then moves swiftly toward Rāvaṇa’s palace.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• Hanūmān
• Suvela
• Laṅkā
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself as fearless execution of duty—entering even hostile spaces to uphold righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram’s sacred corridor is celebrated indirectly through the Laṅkā-bound route and its famed landmarks.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse serves as stuti within the Setu Māhātmya narrative.