Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यस्य प्रतापादृषद स्तारिता जलमध्यतः । वानरैर्वेष्टिता लंका हेलया राक्षसा हताः

Transliteration

yasya pratāpādṛṣada stāritā jalamadhyataḥ | vānarairveṣṭitā laṃkā helayā rākṣasā hatāḥ

Translation

ആരുടെ പ്രതാപത്താൽ ജലമദ്ധ്യേ പാറകളും പൊങ്ങിത്തേങ്ങി; വാനരങ്ങൾ ലങ്കയെ വളഞ്ഞു; രാക്ഷസർ എളുപ്പത്തിൽ വധിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रतापात्: from (his) prowess
• प्रतापात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• ऋषदः: stones
• ऋषदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘ऋषद्’ = शिला/पाषाण (stone)

• स्तारिता: were laid/spread (as a crossing)
• स्तारिता: Kriya (Resultative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तॄ (धातु) → स्तारित (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — कर्मणि; (सेतु/पङ्क्तिरूपेण) ‘made to spread/laid out’

• जलमध्यतः: from the midst of the water
• जलमध्यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘जलस्य मध्यतः’ (from the middle of the water)

• वानरैः: by the monkeys
• वानरैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• वेष्टिता: surrounded
• वेष्टिता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेष्ट् (धातु) → वेष्टित (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — ‘surrounded’

• लङ्का: Laṅkā
• लङ्का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• हेलया: with ease, effortlessly
• हेलया: Karana (Manner/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; भाववाचक—‘with ease/in sport’

• राक्षसाः: demons (Rākṣasas)
• राक्षसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• हताः: were killed
• हताः: Kriya (Resultative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — कर्मणि; (कर्मणि वाक्ये) ‘were slain’

Speaker

Vyāsa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Rāma-setu) / Setu-bandha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cinematic Setu-bandha: monkeys carrying boulders inscribed with Rāma’s name; stones floating on the sea; a causeway stretching to golden Laṅkā; battle-ready silhouettes of rākṣasas in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (implied)
• Vānaras
• Laṅkā
• Rākṣasas
• Setu stones/rocks (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma prevails through divine-backed valor: the avatāra’s power makes the impossible possible and subdues adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse recalls Rāmāyaṇa events (setu/Laṅkā) while occurring within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a praise-description (stuti) of Rāma’s heroic deeds.