Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

पश्यतां सर्वदेवानां मुनीनां कपिरक्षसाम् । पश्यतो रामचन्द्रस्य लक्ष्मणस्यापि पश्यतः

Transliteration

paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ munīnāṃ kapirakṣasām | paśyato rāmacandrasya lakṣmaṇasyāpi paśyataḥ

Translation

സകല ദേവന്മാരും മുനിമാരും വാനരന്മാരും രാക്ഷസന്മാരും നോക്കിനിൽക്കുമ്പോൾ—രാമചന്ദ്രനും ലക്ഷ്മണനും കൂടി നോക്കിനിൽക്കുമ്പോൾ—

Word by Word

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were watching / of the watchers
• पश्यताम्: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्यत् (दृश् धातु → शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural ‘of those who are watching’

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• कपिरक्षसाम्: of monkeys and rākṣasas
• कपिरक्षसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक) + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• पश्यतः: while watching / of the watcher
• पश्यतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्यत् (दृश् धातु → शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular ‘of one who is watching’

• रामचन्द्रस्य: of Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (रामः चन्द्र इव); पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• लक्ष्मणस्य: of Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Additive particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ — particle ‘also/even’

• पश्यतः: while watching
• पश्यतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्यत् (दृश् धातु → शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular (repeated for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast assembly watches: gods in the sky, sages on the ground, vānaras and rākṣasas gathered, with Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the foreground observing the impending act at the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmacandra
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Devas
• Munis
• Vānaras
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred events become authoritative when witnessed by devas, ṛṣis, and exemplary heroes—establishing tīrtha-glory for posterity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvara (Rāmeśvaram), presented as a cosmic, publicly witnessed sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it frames the forthcoming act as a witnessed sacred occurrence.