Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा धनुष्पाणिः क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणः । रामो बभूव दुर्धर्षस्त्रिपुरघ्नो यथा शिवः

Transliteration

evamuktvā dhanuṣpāṇiḥ krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ | rāmo babhūva durdharṣastripuraghno yathā śivaḥ

Translation

Ayant ainsi parlé, Rāma, l’arc à la main et les yeux bouleversés par la colère, devint inattaquable, tel Śiva, le pourfendeur de Tripura.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √vac (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• धनुः-पाणिः: the one with a bow in hand
• धनुः-पाणिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्य पाणौ धनुः सः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• क्रोध-पर्याकुल-ईक्षणः: whose gaze was agitated by anger
• क्रोध-पर्याकुल-ईक्षणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + paryākula (प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (क्रोधेन पर्याकुलं ईक्षणं यस्य), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दुर्धर्षः: unassailable
• दुर्धर्षः: Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur- (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + dharṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रामस्य)

• त्रिपुर-घ्नः: slayer of Tripura
• त्रिपुर-घ्नः: Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tripura (प्रातिपदिक) + ghná (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/उपपद), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘त्रिपुरं हन्ति’ इति अर्थे

• यथा: as / like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• शिवः: Shiva
• शिवः: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (Tripurāntaka-sāmya smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, bow in hand, eyes blazing, stands like Tripurāntaka Śiva—an aura of invincibility surrounds him as the sea recoils.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Śiva
• Tripura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma presents divine power as one—Rāma’s righteousness is likened to Śiva’s cosmic protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred landscape is the narrative setting, celebrated through the bridge-to-Lankā episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse heightens the sacred drama that sanctifies the Setu region.