Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

न च दर्शयते मन्दस्तदा रामस्य सागरः । प्रयतेनापि रामेण यथार्हमपि पूजितः

Transliteration

na ca darśayate mandastadā rāmasya sāgaraḥ | prayatenāpi rāmeṇa yathārhamapi pūjitaḥ

Translation

پھر بھی سمندر، سست اور بے جواب، رام کو درشن نہ دے سکا—حالانکہ رام نے پوری کوشش سے، جیسا مناسب تھا، اس کی باقاعدہ پوجا کی تھی۔

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दर्शयते: shows himself / appears
• दर्शयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दर्शय (णिच् causative)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): “makes (himself) seen/appears”

• मन्दः: slow/indifferent
• मन्दः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सागरस्य विशेषणम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• रामस्य: of Rama
• रामस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सागरः: the ocean
• सागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रयतेन: by the disciplined/striving (one)
• प्रयतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; रामेण विशेषणम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कार (particle: “even/also”)

• रामेण: by Rama
• रामेण: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यथार्हम्: as appropriate
• यथार्हम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + अर्ह (अव्ययीकृत)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास/अव्ययप्रयोग: यथार्हम् = “as is proper”; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: particle (emphasis: “even/also”)

• पूजितः: having been worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सागरस्य विशेषणम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually Sūta-like narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīra (samudra-upāsanā sthāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands or sits at the shore with offerings completed; the ocean remains vast and silent, no deity-form emerging—tension between devotion and non-response.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sāgara (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even rightful worship may meet delay; dharma is tested through patience before decisive action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu seacoast context—where the ocean is approached as a deity within the Setukhaṇḍa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yathārha-pūjā (proper, fitting worship) is referenced, emphasizing correctness of offering and intention.