Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एवं मार्गमगम्यं तं कृत्वा सेतुसमुद्भवम् । वानरै राक्षसैः सार्धं ततः संप्रस्थितो गृहम्

Transliteration

evaṃ mārgamagamyaṃ taṃ kṛtvā setusamudbhavam | vānarai rākṣasaiḥ sārdhaṃ tataḥ saṃprasthito gṛham

Translation

ఇలా అగమ్యమైన ఆ మార్గాన్ని సముద్రజన్యమైన సేతువుగా చేసి, తరువాత వానరులూ రాక్షసులూ కలిసి అతడు గృహమునకు బయలుదేరెను.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्ययम् (thus/in this manner)

• mārgam: path, way
• mārgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• agamyam: impassable
• agamyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + gamya (कृदन्त; gam धातोः)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; गम्य (gerundive) with privative a- = ‘not to be traversed’

• tam: that
• tam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देश-विशेषणम् (referring to mārga)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive)

• setusamudbhavam: arising as a bridge / bridge-born
• setusamudbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘setoḥ samudbhavaḥ’ = ‘arising as/into a bridge’ (bridge-formation)

• vānaraiḥ: with monkeys
• vānaraiḥ: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• rākṣasaiḥ: with rākṣasas
• rākṣasaiḥ: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari (Companion/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: together with)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Desha-Kala (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम-अव्ययम् (then)

• saṃprasthitaḥ: departed, set out
• saṃprasthitaḥ: Kriya (Participial predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pra + sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘having set out/departed’

• gṛham: to (his) home
• gṛham: Gati-Karma (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (unidentified)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha / Setubandha

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast stone/reef causeway stretches across the sea; vānaras and rākṣasas move together; the hero departs toward home after completing the passage.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Vānara
• Rākṣasa
• Śrī Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine, dharmic effort transforms obstacles into pathways—making the route itself a sacred bridge for devotees and tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Rāma Setu) and the Setu-madhya sacred region connected with Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the creation of the Setu and departure.