Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यस्य प्रतापादृषद स्तारिता जलमध्यतः । वानरैर्वेष्टिता लंका हेलया राक्षसा हताः

Transliteration

yasya pratāpādṛṣada stāritā jalamadhyataḥ | vānarairveṣṭitā laṃkā helayā rākṣasā hatāḥ

Translation

جس کے پرتاپ سے چٹانیں پانی کے بیچ تیرنے لگیں؛ بندروں نے لنکا کو گھیر لیا؛ اور راکشس آسانی سے مارے گئے۔

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रतापात्: from (his) prowess
• प्रतापात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• ऋषदः: stones
• ऋषदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘ऋषद्’ = शिला/पाषाण (stone)

• स्तारिता: were laid/spread (as a crossing)
• स्तारिता: Kriya (Resultative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तॄ (धातु) → स्तारित (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — कर्मणि; (सेतु/पङ्क्तिरूपेण) ‘made to spread/laid out’

• जलमध्यतः: from the midst of the water
• जलमध्यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘जलस्य मध्यतः’ (from the middle of the water)

• वानरैः: by the monkeys
• वानरैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• वेष्टिता: surrounded
• वेष्टिता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेष्ट् (धातु) → वेष्टित (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — ‘surrounded’

• लङ्का: Laṅkā
• लङ्का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• हेलया: with ease, effortlessly
• हेलया: Karana (Manner/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; भाववाचक—‘with ease/in sport’

• राक्षसाः: demons (Rākṣasas)
• राक्षसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• हताः: were killed
• हताः: Kriya (Resultative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — कर्मणि; (कर्मणि वाक्ये) ‘were slain’

Speaker

Vyāsa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Rāma-setu) / Setu-bandha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cinematic Setu-bandha: monkeys carrying boulders inscribed with Rāma’s name; stones floating on the sea; a causeway stretching to golden Laṅkā; battle-ready silhouettes of rākṣasas in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (implied)
• Vānaras
• Laṅkā
• Rākṣasas
• Setu stones/rocks (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma prevails through divine-backed valor: the avatāra’s power makes the impossible possible and subdues adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse recalls Rāmāyaṇa events (setu/Laṅkā) while occurring within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a praise-description (stuti) of Rāma’s heroic deeds.