Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

रामस्य सेतुना पूते नगेऽस्मिन्गंधमादने । इत्युक्त्वा स महादेवः पर्वते गन्धमादने

Transliteration

rāmasya setunā pūte nage'smingaṃdhamādane | ityuktvā sa mahādevaḥ parvate gandhamādane

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้บนภูเขาคันธมาทนะ อันบริสุทธิ์ด้วยสะพานของพระรามแล้ว มหาเทวะก็ (เตรียมกระทำการ) ณ ยอดคันธมาทนะนั้นเอง

Word by Word

• रामस्य: of Rāma
• रामस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सेतुना: by the bridge/causeway
• सेतुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• पूते: purified
• पूते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; नगे इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः—purified

• नगे: on the mountain
• नगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: on this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; (in/on this)

• गन्धमादने: on (Mount) Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (गन्धः माद्यते/आदायते अत्र इति नाम); पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; पर्वतनाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणचिह्न (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अर्थः—having said

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महान् देवः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पर्वते: on the mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• गन्धमादने: (named) Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; पर्वतनाम

Speaker

Sūta (narrative continuation describing Śiva’s action)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana (Setu-kṣetra)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Gandhamādana, with the fame of Rāma’s Setu in the air, Mahādeva stands poised to enact the invocation; the mountain is depicted as already ‘purified’ by epic memory.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Setu
• Gandhamādana
• Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Places become tīrtha through divine deeds—Rāma’s dharmic act sanctifies the landscape where Śiva bestows grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gandhamādana mountain within the Setukhaṇḍa, described as purified by Rāma’s Setu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it sets the scene for Śiva’s invocation of tīrthas.