Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एवं मार्गमगम्यं तं कृत्वा सेतुसमुद्भवम् । वानरै राक्षसैः सार्धं ततः संप्रस्थितो गृहम्

Transliteration

evaṃ mārgamagamyaṃ taṃ kṛtvā setusamudbhavam | vānarai rākṣasaiḥ sārdhaṃ tataḥ saṃprasthito gṛham

Translation

Así, tras convertir aquel camino antes intransitable en el Setu, el dique nacido del mar, partió luego hacia su hogar junto con los Vānaras y los Rākṣasas.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्ययम् (thus/in this manner)

• mārgam: path, way
• mārgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• agamyam: impassable
• agamyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + gamya (कृदन्त; gam धातोः)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; गम्य (gerundive) with privative a- = ‘not to be traversed’

• tam: that
• tam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देश-विशेषणम् (referring to mārga)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive)

• setusamudbhavam: arising as a bridge / bridge-born
• setusamudbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘setoḥ samudbhavaḥ’ = ‘arising as/into a bridge’ (bridge-formation)

• vānaraiḥ: with monkeys
• vānaraiḥ: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• rākṣasaiḥ: with rākṣasas
• rākṣasaiḥ: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: together with)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Desha-Kala (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम-अव्ययम् (then)

• saṃprasthitaḥ: departed, set out
• saṃprasthitaḥ: Kriya (Participial predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pra + sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘having set out/departed’

• gṛham: to (his) home
• gṛham: Gati-Karma (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (unidentified)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha / Setubandha

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast stone/reef causeway stretches across the sea; vānaras and rākṣasas move together; the hero departs toward home after completing the passage.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Vānara
• Rākṣasa
• Śrī Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine, dharmic effort transforms obstacles into pathways—making the route itself a sacred bridge for devotees and tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Rāma Setu) and the Setu-madhya sacred region connected with Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the creation of the Setu and departure.