Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

स यत्काष्ठं तृणं वापि शिलां वा क्षेप्स्यते मयि । सर्वं तद्धारयिष्यामि स ते सेतुर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

sa yatkāṣṭhaṃ tṛṇaṃ vāpi śilāṃ vā kṣepsyate mayi | sarvaṃ taddhārayiṣyāmi sa te seturbhaviṣyati

Translation

彼が我に投げ入れる木であれ草であれ、あるいは石であれ、すべてを我は支えよう。それが汝の橋となる。

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक

• kāṣṭham: wood
• kāṣṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• tṛṇam: grass
• tṛṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• vā: or
• vā: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• api: even; also
• api: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक निपात (particle: also/even)

• śilām: stone; rock
• śilām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• vā: or
• vā: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• kṣepsyate: will throw; will cast
• kṣepsyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣip (क्षिप् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person singular, Ātmanepada)

• mayi: into/on me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative, Singular)

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• dhārayiṣyāmi: I will hold; I will support
• dhārayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhṛ (धृ धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st person singular)

• saḥ: that (thing)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• te: for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative, Singular)

• setuḥ: a bridge; causeway
• setuḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

Speaker

Samudra (Varuṇa; Lord of the Ocean)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setubandha / Nala-setu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nala and vānaras hurl wood, grass, and stones; the ocean beneath becomes firm and bearing, as if hands of water uphold the materials into a continuous bridge.

Characters & Entities

• Samudra (Ocean)
• Nala
• Rāma
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is the aim, nature itself becomes supportive; obstacles turn into foundations through divine alignment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram, celebrated through the origin account of the bridge across the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; it describes the sacred mechanism by which the Setu is formed.