Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

रामोपि सेतुबंधं हि ससहायो गतो नृप

Transliteration

rāmopi setubaṃdhaṃ hi sasahāyo gato nṛpa

Translation

ഹേ നൃപാ! രാമനും തന്റെ സഹായികളോടുകൂടെ സേതുബന്ധത്തിലേക്ക് ഗമിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)

• setubandham: the building of the bridge
• setubandham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक) + bandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = ‘सेतोः बन्धः’

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (emphatic/causal particle)

• sa-sahāyaḥ: with helpers/companions
• sa-sahāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa- (सह) + sahāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः = ‘सह सहायेन’ (with companions)

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam गतौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तः क्रियावत् = ‘गच्छितवान्/गतः’

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (narrative context; direct speaker not marked in this half-verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-bandha / Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa and vānaras approaching the sea-shore; the Setu stretching across the ocean; a liṅga shrine hinted at, with devotional posture amid heroic resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Setu-bandha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine incarnations honor sacred geography—pilgrimage and holy works are upheld as dharmic exemplars.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-bandha (commonly associated with the Setu/Rāmeśvaram region) is referenced as a revered destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a tīrtha-reference establishing sanctity through Rāma’s association.