Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

पादांगुष्ठेन चिक्षेप राघवो बहुयोजनम् । सप्तताला विनिर्भिन्ना राघवेण महात्मना

Transliteration

pādāṃguṣṭhena cikṣepa rāghavo bahuyojanam | saptatālā vinirbhinnā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā

Translation

Dengan ibu jari kakinya, Rāghava melontarkannya jauh ber-yojana-yojana; dan Rāghava yang berhati agung itu menembusi tujuh batang pokok tāla.

Word by Word

• पादाङ्गुष्ठेन: with (his) big toe
• पादाङ्गुष्ठेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पादस्य अङ्गुष्ठः)

• चिक्षेप: threw, cast
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• राघवः: Rāghava (Rama)
• राघवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन

• बहुयोजनम्: many yojanas (a great distance)
• बहुयोजनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मविशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (बहूनि योजनानि यस्य/परिमाणम्)

• सप्ततालाः: seven tāla trees
• सप्ततालाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + ताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः (सप्त तालाः)

• विनिर्भिन्नाः: were split/pierced through
• विनिर्भिन्नाः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + निर् + √भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘सप्ततालाः’ इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्

• राघवेण: by Rāghava
• राघवेण: Kartr-karana in passive (कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (महान् आत्मा यस्य) — ‘राघवेण’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tāla-bheda-sthāna (Kiṣkindhā, contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/brāhmaṇas (addressed in surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, serene yet immense in power, flicks Dundubhi’s body/bones with his great toe; in another beat, an arrow or force pierces seven tall tāla palms in a straight line, the forest split by the feat; Sugrīva and vānaras react in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Seven Tāla trees

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine strength is shown not for pride but to uphold dharma and remove doubt in righteous cooperation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No direct tirtha praise; this is an episode within Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred-travel narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.