Shloka 58 - Adhyaya 39 - Setubandha Mahatmya - Brahma Khanda | French | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

राक्षसी सा प्रदुद्राव वायव्यास्त्रेण योजिता । वायव्यास्त्रप्रयुक्तेन दृषदानुद्रुता च सा

Transliteration

rākṣasī sā pradudrāva vāyavyāstreṇa yojitā | vāyavyāstraprayuktena dṛṣadānudrutā ca sā

Translation

Cette rākṣasī s’enfuit, frappée par l’arme Vāyavya; et, sous l’impulsion du Vāyavya-astrā, la pierre la poursuivait elle aussi.

Word by Word

राक्षसीthe demoness

साshe

प्रदुद्रावshe ran forth

वायव्य-अस्त्रेणby/with the Vāyavya weapon

योजिताemployed/impelled (against her), bound/engaged

वायव्य-अस्त्र-प्रयुक्तेनby that which was propelled by the Vāyavya weapon

दृषदाby a stone/rock

अनुद्रुताchased/followed closely

चand

साshe

Speaker

Unknown (narratorial voice within Setu-khaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The rākṣasī flees in panic; behind her, a wind-charged force and a stone projectile chase relentlessly through a coastal landscape.

Characters & Entities

Aṅgārakī (Rākṣasī)

Śveta (Ṛṣi)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma cannot endure the force of sanctified authority; wrongdoing is shown as inevitably pursued by consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sets up the movement toward the later-mentioned Kapitīrthaka; it does not name the site itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description of pursuit.