Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

वानरैः सेतुमारेभे पुण्यं पाप प्रणाशनम् । तद्दर्भशयनं नाम्ना पश्चाल्लोकेषु विश्रुतम्

Transliteration

vānaraiḥ setumārebhe puṇyaṃ pāpa praṇāśanam | taddarbhaśayanaṃ nāmnā paścāllokeṣu viśrutam

Translation

Lorsque les vānara commencèrent l’édification du Setu, naquit un acte/un lieu saint qui anéantit le péché. Plus tard, il devint renommé dans les mondes sous le nom de « Darbhaśayana ».

Word by Word

• vānaraiḥ: by the monkeys
• vānaraiḥ: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• setum: the Setu (bridge)
• setum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• ārebhe: began/undertook
• ārebhe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rabh (रभ्) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; आरम्भार्थक (began/undertook)

• puṇyam: meritorious/holy
• puṇyam: Vidhaya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroyer of sin
• pāpa-praṇāśanam: Vidhaya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य प्रणाशनम्)

• tat-darbha-śayanam: that (place called) Darbha-śayana
• tat-darbha-śayanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + darbha (प्रातिपदिक) + śayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य दर्भशयनम्)

• nāmnā: by the name
• nāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारे (by name)

• paścāt: later
• paścāt: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: afterwards/later)

• lokeṣu: in the worlds/among people
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन

• viśrutam: well-known
• viśrutam: Vidhaya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśruta (प्रातिपदिक; √śru (श्रु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Darbhaśayana

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vānaras at the shoreline beginning Setu construction; a patch of darbha grass laid as a resting-bed (śayana) marking the spot; sages/pilgrims later venerating it as Darbhaśayana tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Vānara
• Setu
• Darbhaśayana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic undertakings (like Rāma’s Setu-building) sanctify geography; remembrance and contact with such sites becomes a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-removal).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha called Darbhaśayana, famed as arising in connection with the commencement of Setu construction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite is specified here; the verse primarily identifies a sin-destroying tīrtha-name connected to Setu-building.