Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

श्रीरामधनुषः कोट्या यो रेखां पश्यते कृताम् । अनेकक्लेशसंयुक्तं गर्भवासं न पश्यति

Transliteration

śrīrāmadhanuṣaḥ koṭyā yo rekhāṃ paśyate kṛtām | anekakleśasaṃyuktaṃ garbhavāsaṃ na paśyati

Translation

Quiconque voit la ligne tracée par la pointe de l’arc de Śrī Rāma ne reverra plus le séjour dans le sein maternel, chargé de maintes souffrances.

Word by Word

• श्रीरामधनुषः: of Śrī Rāma's bow
• श्रीरामधनुषः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-राम-धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रीरामस्य धनुः)

• कोट्या: with the tip (edge)
• कोट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/साधनार्थे

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकः

• रेखाम्: a line
• रेखाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पश्यते: sees
• पश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष? → मध्यमपुरुष?; रूपतः—प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन परस्मैपद (paśyati अपेक्षितम्), अत्र पाठे ‘पश्यते’ आत्मनेपद-रूपं (प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन)

• कृताम्: made, drawn
• कृताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘रेखाम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• अनेकक्लेशसंयुक्तम्: associated with many sufferings
• अनेकक्लेशसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक-क्लेश-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अनेकैः क्लेशैः संयुक्तम्)

• गर्भवासम्: dwelling in the womb
• गर्भवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ-वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गर्भे वासः)

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

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Setukhaṇḍa narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanuskoṭi (Rāma-rekhā-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / dvijas (implied audience of the māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sea’s edge near the Setu, pilgrims behold a sacred ‘line’ said to be traced by the tip of Rāma’s bow; the ocean glitters, the horizon is vast, and the act of seeing becomes a threshold to liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma
• Dhanuskoṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a Rāma-associated sacred mark is praised as a direct cause for freedom from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhanuskoṭi, connected with Rāma’s Setu tradition in the Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is darśana (beholding) of the sacred line/mark.