Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । एवं वः कथितं विप्रा यदर्थं राघवेण तु । लिंगं प्रतिष्ठितं सेतौ भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं नृणाम्

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā yadarthaṃ rāghaveṇa tu | liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ setau bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

ศรีสูตกล่าวว่า: โอ้เหล่าวิประ (พราหมณ์) ทั้งหลาย ข้าพเจ้าได้เล่าให้ท่านทั้งหลายฟังแล้วว่า ด้วยเหตุใดราฆวะจึงได้ประดิษฐานศิวลึงค์ไว้ ณ เสตุ—ซึ่งประทานทั้งภุกติ (ความสมบูรณ์โลกีย์) และมุกติ (ความหลุดพ้น) แก่มนุษย์

Word by Word

• श्रीसूतः: Śrī Sūta
• श्रीसूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-sūta (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + सूत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता/वक्ता

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; ‘you (of/for you)’—here dative/benefactive sense

• कथितम्: has been told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kath (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘(एतत्) कथितम्’

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; संबोधन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object of implied ‘kathitam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• अर्थम्: purpose
• अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• राघवेण: by Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवेण: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; कर्तृकरण/कर्तृ (agent in passive sense)

• तु: indeed / however
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता (with ‘pratiṣṭhitam’ as predicate)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: was established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)

• सेतौ: on the bridge (Setu)
• सेतौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• भुक्ति: enjoyment
• भुक्ति: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासपूर्वपद)

• मुक्ति: liberation
• मुक्ति: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासपूर्वपद)

• प्रदम्: granting
• प्रदम्: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-da (प्रातिपदिक; प्र + द from √dā/√dā)
• Form: कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘प्रद’ (giver), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ विशेषण

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-liṅga (Rāghava-pratiṣṭhita)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa-ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta addressing seated sages, concluding the account: the Setu liṅga established by Rāma is proclaimed bhukti-mukti-prada; a subtle backdrop may show the Setu shoreline and a distant shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Śiva Liṅga
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated tīrtha can support both dharmic prosperity (bhukti) and ultimate freedom (mukti) through Śiva-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha—identified with the Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvaram Śiva-liṅga tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: worship/approach of the Setu liṅga established by Rāma for attaining bhukti and mukti.