Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्ततो दूतो गत्वा सेतुं द्रुतं ततः । दृष्ट्वा रामेश्वरं देवं यावदग्रे व्यव स्थितः

Transliteration

evamuktastato dūto gatvā setuṃ drutaṃ tataḥ | dṛṣṭvā rāmeśvaraṃ devaṃ yāvadagre vyava sthitaḥ

Translation

Assim instruído, o mensageiro apressou-se para Setu. Então, contemplando o divino Rameshwara, permaneceu ali de pé diante dele.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्तः: having been spoken to/addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (दूतः इति विशेष्य)

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/कालवाचक-अव्यय (from there/then)

• दूतः: the messenger
• दूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having gone’

• सेतुम्: to the bridge/causeway
• सेतुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative: quickly)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having seen’

• रामेश्वरम्: Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karman (Object apposition/कर्मसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; रामेश्वरम् इति विशेष्यस्य अपपद-विशेषण/समनाधिकरण

• यावत्: until/as far as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• अग्रे: in front/ahead
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन रूपेण अव्ययीभाव (locative used adverbially: in front/ahead)

• व्यवस्थितः: stood/was stationed
• व्यवस्थितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (दूतः इति विशेष्य)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a recital framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone messenger arrives at the sea’s edge; the Rāmeśvara shrine/linga is seen with lamps and devotees; he stands still in reverence, the Setu horizon stretching beyond.

Characters & Entities

• Dūta (messenger)
• Setu (Rāma-setu)
• Rāmeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid urgent duties, darśana of a tīrtha-deity like Rāmeśvara becomes a sanctifying pause that reorients action toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Rāma-setu) and Rāmeśvara (Rāmeśvaram), explicitly named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed, but the act of darśana (beholding Rāmeśvara) is foregrounded as spiritually significant.