Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

एनं लंघितमर्यादं सहस्रोर्मिसमाकुलम् । निर्मर्यादं करिष्यामि सायकैर्वरुणालयम्

Transliteration

enaṃ laṃghitamaryādaṃ sahasrormisamākulam | nirmaryādaṃ kariṣyāmi sāyakairvaruṇālayam

Translation

«Cet Océan, qui a franchi toute limite et s’agite de mille vagues, je le dépouillerai, par mes flèches, de toute retenue, et je rendrai sans règle même la demeure de Varuṇa.»

Word by Word

• एनम्: this (him/it)
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• लङ्घित-मर्यादम्: having transgressed bounds / whose limits are crossed
• लङ्घित-मर्यादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: laṅghita (कृदन्त, √laṅgh (धातु) + क्त) + maryādā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारयवत् प्रयोगः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘लङ्घित’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• सहस्र-ऊर्मि-समाकुलम्: turbulent with thousands of waves
• सहस्र-ऊर्मि-समाकुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + ūrmi (प्रातिपदिक) + samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• निर्मर्यादम्: without bounds / lawless
• निर्मर्यादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir- (उपसर्ग) + maryādā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्/निर्-प्रत्ययार्थक विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: I shall make
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वरुण-आलयम्: the abode of Varuṇa (the ocean)
• वरुण-आलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (Rāma-setu region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands on the seashore, bow raised, addressing the turbulent ocean as if a defiant sovereign; waves surge like armies under Varuṇa’s banner.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Varuṇa
• Samudra (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the cosmic forces must honor maryādā (right order); righteous authority may act firmly to restore dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāma-setu and the coastal sacred zone associated with Rāmeśvaram in the Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse focuses on dharmic resolve and the sanctity of order (maryādā).