Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यत आरभ्य रामेण सेतुबन्धो महार्णवे । तद्धि पुण्यतमं क्षेत्रं फुल्लग्रामाभिधं पुरम्

Transliteration

yata ārabhya rāmeṇa setubandho mahārṇave | taddhi puṇyatamaṃ kṣetraṃ phullagrāmābhidhaṃ puram

Translation

ആ സ്ഥലത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ രാമൻ മഹാസമുദ്രത്തിൽ സേതുബന്ധനം ആരംഭിച്ചു; അതുതന്നെ ‘ഫുല്ലഗ്രാമം’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ള നഗരം പരമപുണ്യക്ഷേത്രമാണ്।

Word by Word

• yataḥ: from where / since
• yataḥ: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यतः-शब्दः (relative adverb; ablative sense 'from where/since')

• ārabhya: starting from
• ārabhya: Kala/Avadhi (Starting point/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-rabh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive used adverbially: 'beginning from')

• rāmeṇa: by Rāma
• rāmeṇa: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• setubandhaḥ: the building of the bridge
• setubandhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu + bandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahārṇave: in the great ocean
• mahārṇave: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tat: that
• tat: Anaphora (Referent/तद्-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• puṇyatamam: most holy
• puṇyatamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular), तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative)

• kṣetram: a sacred region
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• phullagrāmābhidham: named Phullagrāma
• phullagrāmābhidham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phullagrāma + abhidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• puram: city, town
• puram: Apposition (Same referent/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Phullagrāma

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma at the seashore, bow at his side, directing the beginning of the Setubandha; vānaras gather stones; the ocean vast; behind, the sacred settlement of Phullagrāma as the auspicious starting point.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Setu-bandha
• Mahārṇava (ocean)
• Phullagrāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Places touched by dharmic action—like Rāma’s Setu-building—become supremely holy and worthy of pilgrimage remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Phullagrāma is praised as a puṇyatama kṣetra because it is linked to Rāma’s beginning of Setu-bandha over the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes the sanctity of the site through its Rāma-Setu association, typically motivating pilgrimage and worship.