Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तथापि सागरो रामं न दर्शयति चात्मनः । समुद्राय ततः क्रुद्धो रामो रक्तांतलोचनः

Transliteration

tathāpi sāgaro rāmaṃ na darśayati cātmanaḥ | samudrāya tataḥ kruddho rāmo raktāṃtalocanaḥ

Translation

Pourtant, l’Océan ne se révéla pas à Rāma. Alors Rāma, les coins des yeux rougis, s’enflamma de colère contre la mer.

Word by Word

• तथापि: even so; nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक (indeclinable; concessive: 'even so/however')

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

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• दर्शयति: shows
• दर्शयति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) [णिच् causative: दर्शय-]
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'causes to see/shows')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आत्मनः: of himself; his own
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• समुद्राय: towards/for the ocean
• समुद्राय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); अपादान/कालार्थे (from that; then)

• क्रुद्धः: angered
• क्रुद्धः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) → क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रक्तान्तलोचनः: having eyes reddened at the corners
• रक्तान्तलोचनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषण); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विग्रहः: रक्तः अन्तः यस्य लोचनस्य / रक्तान्तं लोचनं यस्य (one whose eyes have red corners)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually Sūta-like narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra / Rāma-setu tīra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (rṣi/śaunaka-type frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands on the seashore, gaze fixed on the waves; the ocean remains unseen; Rāma’s eyes redden at the corners as wrath rises, Lakṣmaṇa nearby attentive.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sāgara/Samudra (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When respectful means fail, dharma may require firm resolve; righteous anger is portrayed as purposeful, not ego-driven.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu seashore where the ocean is treated as a divine power within the pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse marks the transition from supplication to kṣātra resolve.