Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विप्रा ऊचुः । यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश रामाज्ञापालक प्रभो । स्वरूपं दर्शयस्वाद्य लंकायां यत्कृतं हरे

Transliteration

viprā ūcuḥ | yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa rāmājñāpālaka prabho | svarūpaṃ darśayasvādya laṃkāyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ hare

Translation

พราหมณ์ทั้งหลายทูลว่า: “หากพระองค์ทรงพอพระทัย โอ้จอมเทพ โอ้ผู้เป็นนายผู้ปฏิบัติตามพระบัญชาของพระราม; โอ้พระหริ วันนี้ขอทรงสำแดงรูปนั้นเอง ที่ทรงกระทำกิจในลงกาให้สำเร็จ”

Word by Word

• विप्राः: the brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; तुष् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• देवेश: O lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)

• रामाज्ञापालक: O keeper of Rāma's command
• रामाज्ञापालक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + आज्ञा + पालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य आज्ञायाः पालकः)

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• स्वरूपम्: (your) true form
• स्वरूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दर्शयस्व: show (us)
• दर्शयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• लंकायाम्: in Laṅkā
• लंकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; कृ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Viprāḥ (the brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Laṅkā (itihāsa-smṛti kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (speaking to Hanumān)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas petition Hanumān: ‘Show the very form by which the Laṅkā deed was done’—evoking the heroic, expansive, mission-ready Hanumān of Sundarakāṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Rāma
• Laṅkā
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion seeks not only gifts but direct darśana—seeing the divine reality behind sacred deeds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Laṅkā is referenced as the mythic-sacred geography of Hanumān’s exploit, though the Dharmāraṇya setting remains the narrative locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; it is a boon-request for darśana (vision) of the deity’s svarūpa.