Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

विस्तरेणास्य माहात्म्यं मया वक्तुं न पार्य्यते । सुग्रीवतीर्थं वक्ष्यामि रामसेतौ विमुक्तिदे

Transliteration

vistareṇāsya māhātmyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na pāryyate | sugrīvatīrthaṃ vakṣyāmi rāmasetau vimuktide

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าไม่อาจกล่าวมหิมาของที่นี่โดยพิสดารได้ บัดนี้จักพรรณนา สุครีวตีรถะ ณ รามเสตุ ผู้ประทานโมกษะ

Word by Word

• विस्तरेण: in detail
• विस्तरेण: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रकारे (in detail)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness
• माहात्म्यम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent: by me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वक्तुम्: to speak
• वक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजन (to speak)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• पार्य्यते: is possible (to be done)
• पार्य्यते: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive) ‘is possible/managed’

• सुग्रीवतीर्थम्: Sugrīva-tīrtha
• सुग्रीवतीर्थम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; सुग्रीव + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वक्ष्यामि: I will describe
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रामसेतौ: at Rāma’s bridge (Rāmasetu)
• रामसेतौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम-सेतु (प्रातिपदिक; राम + सेतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विमुक्तिदे: in the liberation-giving (place)
• विमुक्तिदे: Adhikaraṇa (Location qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमुक्ति-द (प्रातिपदिक; विमुक्ति + द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् स्थाननाम (in/at the giver of liberation)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sugrīvatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/brāhmaṇas (carried over from prior address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage closes a chapter on Devatīrtha, then points along the arc of Rāmasetu toward another shining ford labeled Sugrīvatīrtha; faint imagery of Sugrīva (vānararāja) appears as a protective presence over the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīvatīrtha
• Rāmasetu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa emphasizes the inexhaustible greatness of tīrthas and guides the listener from one sacred site to the next within the pilgrimage landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sugrīvatīrtha, located on Rāma’s Setu (Rāmasetu/Setubandha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite here; it is a transition verse introducing the next tīrtha’s māhātmya.