Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

न च दर्शयते मन्दस्तदा रामस्य सागरः । प्रयतेनापि रामेण यथार्हमपि पूजितः

Transliteration

na ca darśayate mandastadā rāmasya sāgaraḥ | prayatenāpi rāmeṇa yathārhamapi pūjitaḥ

Translation

Pourtant l’océan, demeuré sans réponse, ne se manifesta pas à Rāma, bien que Rāma l’eût honoré avec plein effort, selon le rite et comme il convenait.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

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

• दर्शयते: shows himself / appears
• दर्शयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दर्शय (णिच् causative)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): “makes (himself) seen/appears”

• मन्दः: slow/indifferent
• मन्दः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सागरस्य विशेषणम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• रामस्य: of Rama
• रामस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सागरः: the ocean
• सागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रयतेन: by the disciplined/striving (one)
• प्रयतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; रामेण विशेषणम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कार (particle: “even/also”)

• रामेण: by Rama
• रामेण: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यथार्हम्: as appropriate
• यथार्हम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + अर्ह (अव्ययीकृत)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास/अव्ययप्रयोग: यथार्हम् = “as is proper”; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: particle (emphasis: “even/also”)

• पूजितः: having been worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सागरस्य विशेषणम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually Sūta-like narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīra (samudra-upāsanā sthāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands or sits at the shore with offerings completed; the ocean remains vast and silent, no deity-form emerging—tension between devotion and non-response.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sāgara (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even rightful worship may meet delay; dharma is tested through patience before decisive action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu seacoast context—where the ocean is approached as a deity within the Setukhaṇḍa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yathārha-pūjā (proper, fitting worship) is referenced, emphasizing correctness of offering and intention.