Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

शिला भवात्र तस्मात्त्वं रंभे वर्षशतायुतम् । तदंतरे ब्राह्मणेन रक्षिता मोक्षमाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

śilā bhavātra tasmāttvaṃ raṃbhe varṣaśatāyutam | tadaṃtare brāhmaṇena rakṣitā mokṣamāpsyasi

Translation

“ฉะนั้น โอ้รัมภา จงเป็นศิลาอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ตลอดสิบแสนปี ในระหว่างนั้น เมื่อได้รับการคุ้มครองโดยพราหมณ์ เจ้าจักบรรลุโมกษะ”

Word by Word

• शिला: a stone
• शिला: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भव: become
• भव: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थे (causal) ‘therefore/from that reason’ (ablative-form used adverbially)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Addressee/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• रम्भे: O Rambhā
• रम्भे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रम्भा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• वर्ष-शत-अयुतम्: for ten million years
• वर्ष-शत-अयुतम्: Karma (Duration/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (संख्यासमासः) — ‘शतानि अयुतानि’ (a million hundreds of years)

• तत्-अन्तरे: in the meantime
• तत्-अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; सप्तमी-रूपेण अव्ययवत्—‘तस्मिन् अन्तरे’ (in the meantime/within that interval)

• ब्राह्मणेन: by a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• रक्षिता: protected
• रक्षिता: Kriya (Participial state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) ‘रक्षित’—‘रक्षिता’ (protected)

• मोक्षम्: release/liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• आप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rambhā-śilā (implied petrification stone/spot)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rambhā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra pronounces the sentence: Rambhā is to become a stone at that very place for an immense span; yet the scene softens with the clause of eventual release under a brāhmaṇa’s protection—hinting at compassion amid severity. The transformation is envisioned as her form turning to stone while her ornaments fade into stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Rambhā
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a curse can become a pathway to purification and eventual liberation; divine justice is portrayed as corrective, not merely punitive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a tīrtha directly, though Setukhaṇḍa broadly relates to sacred geography associated with Setu/Rāmeśvaram traditions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; it foretells deliverance through the protection/agency of a brāhmaṇa.