Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

ततो रामनिसृष्टास्ते वानरा बलवत्तराः । पर्वतान्गिरिशृंगाणि लतातृणमहीरुहान्

Transliteration

tato rāmanisṛṣṭāste vānarā balavattarāḥ | parvatāngiriśṛṃgāṇi latātṛṇamahīruhān

Translation

അപ്പോൾ രാമൻ അയച്ച അതിമഹാബലവാന്മാരായ വാനരന്മാർ പർവതങ്ങളും ഗിരിശിഖരങ്ങളും, ലതകളും പുല്ലുകളും വൃക്ഷങ്ങളും ശേഖരിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereupon
• ततः: Kala (Time/sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘thereupon/from that’)

• रामनिसृष्टाः: dispatched by Rama
• रामनिसृष्टाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + निसृष्ट (कृदन्त; √सृज्, उपसर्ग: नि-)
• Form: समास: राम + निसृष्ट (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘sent by Rama’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of ‘वानराः’)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वानराः: monkeys
• वानराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• बलवत्तराः: stronger; very strong
• बलवत्तराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तुलनात्मक-प्रत्यय (comparative) -तर, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of ‘वानराः’)

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• गिरिशृङ्गाणि: mountain-peaks
• गिरिशृङ्गाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: गिरि + शृङ्ग (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘peaks of mountains’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• लतातृणमहीरुहान्: creepers, grasses, and trees
• लतातृणमहीरुहान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक) + तृण (प्रातिपदिक) + महीरुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: लता + तृण + महीरुह (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व), पुंलिङ्ग (महीरुह-प्रधान), द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu region (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vānara warriors, sent by Rāma, uproot and carry mountains, peaks, trees, and vines; a sweeping panorama of labor lines converging toward the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vānara army
• Mountains
• Trees

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires organized effort—strength becomes sacred when employed for a righteous, divinely guided purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setubandha region, where the causeway is formed through the Vānaras’ gathered materials.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse narrates the preparations for constructing the Setu.