Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

विभीषणो मया दृष्टो देवे रामेश्वरे विभो । पूजार्थं तत्र चायातो राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृतः

Transliteration

vibhīṣaṇo mayā dṛṣṭo deve rāmeśvare vibho | pūjārthaṃ tatra cāyāto rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtaḥ

Translation

O du Mächtiger, ich sah Vibhīṣaṇa am göttlichen Rāmeśvara. Er war zum Gottesdienst dorthin gekommen, umringt von vielen Rākṣasas.

Word by Word

• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Kriyā (Participial predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; (passive sense)

• deve: at the deity/temple
• deve: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• rāmeśvare: at Rāmeśvara
• rāmeśvare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: rāmasya īśvaraḥ (Rāmeśvara)

• vibho: O mighty one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• pūjā-artham: for worship
• pūjā-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययत्वम्; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of worship)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: and)

• āyātaḥ: came
• āyātaḥ: Kriyā (Participial predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√yā (या धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; "come/arrived"

• rākṣasaiḥ: by/with rākṣasas
• rākṣasaiḥ: Saha/Karaṇa (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• bahubhiḥ: many
• bahubhiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; विशेषणं राक्षसैः प्रति

• vṛtaḥ: surrounded
• vṛtaḥ: Kriyā (Participial predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (वृ धातु; आवरणे) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; "surrounded"

Speaker

Messenger (dūta) reporting to King Kuśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King Kuśa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sacred Rāmeśvara, Vibhīṣaṇa appears in a devotional posture, accompanied by numerous rākṣasas; the temple aura dominates, turning a potentially fearsome entourage into a pilgrimage procession.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāmeśvara
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha draws even unlikely beings toward worship; sacred places redirect conduct toward devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara (Rameshwaram), explicitly named as the divine locus of worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) at Rāmeśvara is indicated as the purpose of the visit.