Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

पुत्रोऽहमौरसस्तस्य तुल्यो वै विश्वकर्मणा । अद्यैव कामं बध्नंतु सेतुं वानरपुं गवाः

Transliteration

putro'hamaurasastasya tulyo vai viśvakarmaṇā | adyaiva kāmaṃ badhnaṃtu setuṃ vānarapuṃ gavāḥ

Translation

«Je suis son fils né de lui, et vraiment l’égal de Viśvakarman. Que les héros vānara, selon leur désir, lient et assemblent le pont ; que cela se fasse dès aujourd’hui.»

Word by Word

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• औरसः: legitimate; born of the body
• औरसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘पुत्रः’)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• तुल्यः: equal
• तुल्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘अहम्/पुत्रः’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• विश्वकर्मणा: to Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्मणा: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: विश्व + कर्मन् (बहुव्रीहि; proper name), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुल्यः—योगे तृतीया (instrumental of comparison)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• एव: just; indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• कामम्: as you please
• कामम्: Sambandha (Modal adverbial/अव्ययार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (idiomatic indeclinable use): ‘कामम्’ = ‘as you wish/at will’

• बध्नन्तु: let them bind/build
• बध्नन्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• सेतुम्: bridge
• सेतुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वानरपुङ्गवाः: the foremost of the monkeys
• वानरपुङ्गवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक) + पुङ्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: वानर + पुङ्गव (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘bull among monkeys’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Nala

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nala proclaims his lineage and commands immediate construction; Vānara heroes surge into action, ropes and vines ready, rocks prepared, the sea ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Nala
• Viśvakarman
• Vānara leaders
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When leadership and skill unite with collective effort, dharmic goals are accomplished swiftly and without doubt.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Setubandha (Rāma Setu), the famed sacred causeway associated with Rāma’s mission.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is an instruction for the Vānaras to commence the Setu construction.