Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

कुट्टिमप्रतिमा राम दृश्यंतेत्र बिलानि वै । कोटराणीह वृक्षाणां गवाक्षाणीह सर्वतः

Transliteration

kuṭṭimapratimā rāma dṛśyaṃtetra bilāni vai | koṭarāṇīha vṛkṣāṇāṃ gavākṣāṇīha sarvataḥ

Translation

โอ้พระราม ที่นี่เห็นโพรงดินดุจห้องที่ปูพื้นแน่นหนา; ที่นี่มีโพรงในต้นไม้ และมีช่องเปิดดุจหน้าต่างอยู่ทั่วทุกทิศ

Word by Word

• कुट्टिमप्रतिमाः: (things) resembling paved floors/tiles
• कुट्टिमप्रतिमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुट्टिम + प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• राम: O Rama
• राम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• बिलानि: holes/caves
• बिलानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• कोटराणि: hollows/cavities
• कोटराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• वृक्षाणाम्: of trees
• वृक्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गवाक्षाणि: windows/openings
• गवाक्षाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गवाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/दिशा-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (contextual description to Rāma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest floor dotted with rounded burrow-mouths arranged like tiled chambers; massive trees with dark hollows resembling windows; the speaker gestures while addressing Rāma, pointing out these uncanny ‘built’ shapes in nature.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nature reclaims what humans abandon; the sacred landscape becomes a living reminder of impermanence and the need to uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, described through its transformed physical features after decline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides topographical description.