Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

रामेण रावणं हत्वा ससैन्यं त्रिदशेश्वरम् । स्थापितो विधिवद्भक्त्या तीरे नदनदीपतेः

Transliteration

rāmeṇa rāvaṇaṃ hatvā sasainyaṃ tridaśeśvaram | sthāpito vidhivadbhaktyā tīre nadanadīpateḥ

Translation

രാമൻ രാവണനെ അവന്റെ സൈന്യത്തോടുകൂടി വധിച്ച ശേഷം, നദീനദീപതിയുടെ തീരത്ത് വിധിപൂർവ്വം ഭക്തിയോടെ ത്രിദശേശ്വരനെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• रामेण: by Rāma
• रामेण: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• रावणम्: Rāvaṇa
• रावणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; अर्थे—‘having slain’

• ससैन्यम्: together with (his) army
• ससैन्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुषः—‘सैन्येन सह’ (with (his) army)

• त्रिदशेश्वरम्: lord of the gods (Śiva)
• त्रिदशेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘त्रिदशानाम् ईश्वरः’ (lord of the gods)

• स्थापितः: was स्थापित (installed)
• स्थापितः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः—‘was established’

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘according to rule’

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• नदनदीपतेः: of the lord of rivers (the sea)
• नदनदीपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नद (प्रातिपदिक) + नदी (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; (नद-नदी)-षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः + पति; अर्थः—‘नदानां नदीनां च पतिः’ (lord of rivers/streams, i.e., the sea)

Speaker

Deductive: Narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tridaśeśvara

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, after the fall of Rāvaṇa, stands serene at a sacred riverbank; he installs Tridaśeśvara-liṅga with priests, offerings, and Vedic rites; the river glints behind, and celestial beings witness.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa
• Tridaśeśvara
• Lord of Rivers (Gaṅgā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous action culminates in devotion: even after victory, dharma is sealed by vidhivat worship and establishing Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A riverbank tīrtha associated with Tridaśeśvara, described as on the bank of the ‘lord of rivers’ (commonly Gaṅgā in Purāṇic usage).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat-sthāpana—establishing Tridaśeśvara (Śiva) according to prescribed rites, performed with bhakti.